Browsing Theses by Subject "North America"
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Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in North America: Comparing Canadian and U.S. Attitude
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)As China’s economy becomes larger—naturally, the global outflow of China’s foreign direct investment (FDI) has also been increasing at a rapid pace. One of the most popular regions for Chinese investment today is North ... -
Connecting Suburbia: Using Information and Communication Technologies to Readjust the Suburban House
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-17)The North American suburban house is continually changing, a byproduct of cultural and technological development. Within the past hundred years, the house has experienced countless iterations in design as new technologies ... -
DEMAND MODEL FOR CRUDE OIL RAIL AND PIPELINE SHIPMENTS IN CANADA
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-24)Global energy demand is expected to increase significantly over the next 10-20 years, and in the absence of an increase in pipeline capacity, Canadian crude oil shipments are likely to be diverted to rail. The current rail ... -
Does Landscape-Scale Habitat Reclamation and the Umbrella Species Concept Work to Conserve Sagebrush Songbirds?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-20)Declines in the spatial extent of the sagebrush ecosystem have prompted the use of conservation strategies including habitat reclamation and the consideration of the greater sage- grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter ... -
Finding the “Generationed City”: The Form and Structure of Young Adult Settlement Patterns
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-27)This thesis examines the present patterns in the residential geographies of young adults in major cities in Canada and the United States. It explains how the differences and similarities in young adult residential patterns ... -
Impacts of temperature on Asian Carp life history and population growth
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-21)Asian carp (bighead carp, Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus; grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella; and silver carp, H. molitrix) are a group of invasive species predicted to cause ecological and ...