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Upward Octagonal Drawings of Ternary Trees
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-08)We explore ways to embed a ternary tree in an integer coordinate grid such that the width of the drawing is minimized. We provide upper and lower bounds on the width requirement of planar, straight-line, upward, order-preserving ... -
Uranium and Molybdenum Isotope Constraints on Ocean Redox Conditions During Deposition of the Upper Devonian Kettle Point Formation, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-18)The Late Devonian extinction event was among the most severe Phanerozoic mass extinction events, which led to a decline in the abundance and diversity of marine and terrestrial ecosystems, particularly tropical shallow-marine ... -
Urban Aboriginal Health: Using individual and contextual approaches to better understand the health of Aboriginal populations living in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)INTRODUCTION: Canada’s Aboriginal population is growing at a faster rate than the rest of Canada. While Aboriginal health has improved in the last few decades, life expectancy of First Nations, Inuit and Métis continues ... -
Urban Actuation: Public Space as a Catalyst for Urban Revitalization
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-30)The physical and social benefits of public space apparent to architects, landscape architects, and urban designers are endangered in many North American mid-size cities as residential, commercial and industrial development ... -
Urban Agriculture as an Agent for Social Change in London, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-28)London, Ontario was once closely tied to its local food production and distribution. Since 1835, this close connection with food was facilitated by places like the Covent Garden Market. London and many other cities were ... -
Urban Agriculture: Redefining urban communities through local growing
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-10)Abstract: In our ever changing world we must constantly look to new ways and new means. Waiting until a change is necessary for our survival is dangerous and costly. Our environment and our communities do not need to be ... -
Urban and architectural design for the young mind: An ecological investigation of the relationship between urban form and adolescent mental health
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-22)Around 50% of lifetime mental illnesses begin at or prior to the age of 14 years old—or roughly halfway through adolescence (10-19 years old)—with contemporary trends from multiple geographical and cultural contexts ... -
urban blind fields: creative public reclamations
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-24)Contemporary criticism of the North American urban public realm has reached an unproductive state of exhaustion. For some time, it has painted a rather bleak portrait of public space attributed to the impacts of global ... -
Urban Design and Development of a Public Space at theCity of Kitchener’s Intermodal Transit Hub
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-15)This thesis uses a case study design approach for the proposed Transit Hub for the City of Kitchener. It focuses on opportunities for a high quality public space or square to better integrate a new urban LRT line and a ... -
Urban Design and Planning in Adapting to Climate Change: Advances, Applications, and Challenges
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-21)The current sea-level rise predictions are expected to lead to a loss of anywhere between 6000 to 17000 km2 of land area around the globe during the 21st century –a loss that would force around 1.6 to 5.3 million people ... -
Urban Economic Perspectives on Residential Real Estate: Does Access Matter?
(University of Waterloo, 2009-03-06)This thesis explores the transportation-land use connection through an investigation of accessibility and residential property values. Accessibility, broadly defined as the ability for locations to interact (Hansen, 1959) ... -
Urban Growth and LULC Change Dynamics Using Landsat Record of Region of Waterloo from 1984 to 2013
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-20)Frequent human activities resulted by rapid urbanization lead to a variety of urban-related environmental and socio-economic issues. Therefore, for effective environmental management and urban planning, monitoring urban ... -
Urban Infrastructure and Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Maputo, Mozambique
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)Infrastructure is an important foundation for urban sustainability. Infrastructure includes both a system of institutions like banks and hospitals (known as social infrastructure) and a network of physical utilities like ... -
Urban infrastructure finance and its relationship with land market, land development, and sustainability: Case study of the City of Islamabad, Pakistan
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-21)Cities are responsible for 70% of global carbon emissions. As a result, cities worldwide have been met with the challenge of urban sustainability. Urbanization results mostly from the conversion of agricultural land into ... -
Urban Landscape Connectivity in Southern Ontario: Evaluating Current Approaches and Exploring the Potential of Climate Connectivity Considerations
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-16)Landscape connectivity facilitates the movement of organisms, is important for the maintenance of ecological integrity, and supports the resilience of ecosystems to withstand the impacts of climate change. Land use change ... -
The Urban Metabolism of the Greater Toronto Area: A Study of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fluxes across the Urban, Suburban, and Rural Continuum
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-21)It has been predicted that approximately 65% of the developing world and 85% of the developed world will be living in cities by 2050. Toronto, the largest city in Canada and the fourth largest in North America, is expected ... -
An Urban Morphology Analysis of Urban Innovation Districts in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-14)Since the economic transition towards a knowledge-based economy in the 1990s, technological innovation has been an essential driver of economic growth and development. As a reaction to such phenomena, Urban Innovation ... -
Urban Pathways: Redesigning Toronto's Mobility
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-06)As an increasing proportion of the world’s population travels ever-longer distances between their home and place of work, urban mobility networks have had to cope with this dramatic increase in movement. These networks ... -
Urban Regeneration through Public Space: A Case Study in Squares in Dalian, China
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Urban regeneration has been accompanying urban development since the earliest human settlement, and was emphasized after the World War Two. Several decades' experience and billions of dollars forced the decision makers ... -
Urban Renewal as Violence: Documenting the Erasure of Wooster Square
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-18)In American urban development, a defining period known as the urban renewal era took place in the decades after the Second World War. Many cities in the United States experienced a new interest in addressing urban decay; ...