Browsing Theses by Supervisor "Robinson, Derek"
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Assessment of remotely piloted aircraft data classification of wetland vegetation communities and changes in their pattern with elevation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-11-01)Wetlands host a myriad of services both to the environment and society. While the provision of those services are partly dependent on the terrestrial plant communities that both comprise and are adjacent to a wetland, ... -
Comparisons of Statistical Approaches for Modelling Land-Use Change
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-04)Land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) can have local-to-global environment impacts such as loss of biodiversity and climate change as well as social-economic impacts such as social inequality. Models that are built to ... -
Empirical Analysis and Modelling of Information and Communications Technology in Agriculture for Southern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2017-02-22)Information and communications technology (ICT) represents an important enabling technology for on-farm operations that helps to maximise yield and minimise on-farm inputs. This study investigates the adoption factors and ... -
Evaluating remotely piloted aircraft estimates of crop height and LAI against satellite and crop model outputs
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-17)Crop simulation models (CSM) have been a method for decision makers to study the effects of crop management activities for predicting, planning, and improving crop growth for the past several decades. While the applicability ... -
An evaluation of high-resolution land cover and land use classification accuracy by thematic, spatial, and algorithm parameters
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-29)High resolution land cover and land use classifications have applications in many fields of study such as land use and cover change, carbon storage measurements and environmental impact assessments. The wide range of ... -
An Exploratory Methodology for Quantifying Land-cover Patterns Along Permanent Open-water and Disturbance Levels for Large-Scale Wetland Reclamation
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)Wetlands are multi-functional systems that provide a disproportionate number of ecosystem services given the spatial extent they occupy both nationally and globally. The ecological functioning of these wetlands is dependent ... -
First Nation land and well-being: Exploring the relationship of First Nation land management systems with community well-being, informality within land management, and the development of an agent-based First Nation land-use voting model for experiments on policy adoption at Curve Lake First Nation
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-15)Land management is a pressing issue for reconciling and reconnecting First Nations with their land. Many First Nations have taken more control and responsibility over the management of their land that is key to their ... -
Investigation of multi-criteria decision analysis approaches for agricultural decision-making in southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-26)Land-use and land-cover change has significant impact on the Earth’s ecosystems and global carbon cycle, which calls for well-planned land management strategies. This study presented a multi-criteria decision analysis ... -
Is competition sufficient to drive observed retail location and revenue patterns? An agent-based case study.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-20)Agent-based models (ABMs) have been widely used to represent and investigate complex systems and are a contemporary modelling approach used in the study of land-use and land-cover change. While many ABMs have been constructed ... -
A Methodology to Quantify the Topographic Characteristics of Wetland Landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-19)Topography underpins natural processes ranging from incident solar radiation at a location to overland flow and water pooling. Despite the influence of topography on natural processes and subsequent ecosystem function, ... -
Quantifying Variation in Wetland Composition and Configuration for Landscape-Scale Reclamation Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-06)Widespread loss and degradation of wetland ecosystems resulting from human land use highlights the need for a reclamation strategy (i.e converting developed land back to its original state) that can sustain ecosystem ... -
Using Very High Resolution Remotely Piloted Aircraft Imagery to Map Peatland Vegetation Composition and Configuration Patterns within an Elevation Gradient
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-28)GIS has developed over the decades from theory to highly accurate scientific observation using satellites that provide high resolution imagery. Over the last decade drones have been introduced to the world of GIS and ...