Browsing Theses by Subject "Greenbelt"
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Fringe Benefits
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-21)The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is in a state of constant and massive growth in terms of population, development and economic investment. This growth has generated pressures both within and at the peripheries ... -
Green Infrastructure and the Sustainable Metropolitan Village
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-28)The current model of suburban development in Canadian cities has serious consequences for the natural environment. The ubiquitous landscape of sprawl consumes excessive amounts of greenfield land and natural resources, ... -
In Defense of Soil: an Ontario Greenbelt Regeneration Strategy
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-10)Ontario’s prime agricultural soils are in distress. Degraded by decades of intense conventional agricultural practices and threatened by the advancing footprint of suburban development, the once abundant layer of topsoil ... -
Intensifying Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-13)How cities grow is set to change. In the Greater Toronto Area, both Ontario’s Greenbelt Plan and Growth Plan for the Golden Greater Horseshoe are set to have a significant impact on how and where urban growth will occur ... -
Natural Grieving, a Method of Preservation: Implementing Natural Burials in Ontario’s Greenbelt
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-10)We experience an incredible amount of emotion when death touches our lives. With death comes the complexity of loss and grief. The spaces of death, from the morgue, the funeral home to the cemetery, are significant components ...