• Monitoring Rainwater Harvesting Systems in India Using Satellite Remote Sensing Observations 

  Vanthof, Vicky (University of Waterloo, 2018-10-26)

  The building of small reservoirs is a typical measure taken by farmers to moderate the extremes of the hydrologic regime of a semiarid climate, which is characterized by the alternation of a short rainy season with long ...

• Pregnancy intention and gestational age at first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Rwanda 

  Mkandawire, Paul; Atari, Odwa; Kangmennaang, Joseph; Arku, Godwin; Luginaah, Isaac; Etowa, Josephine (Elsevier, 2019-01-01)

  Background With antenatal care (ANC) coverage now widely seen as a success story in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), attention has begun to shift towards exploring the full life-saving potential that ANC holds. Objectives This ...

• Competitive transport processes of chloride, sodium, potassium, and ammonium in fen peat 

  McCarter, Colin P. R.; Weber, Tobias K. D.; Price, Jonathan S. (Elsevier, 2018-10-01)

  There is sparse information on reactive solute transport in peat; yet, with increasing development of peatland dominated landscapes, purposeful and accidental contaminant releases will occur, so it is important to assess ...

• Evaluating the Effects of a Fire Disturbance on Native Alvar Vegetation: Implications for Woody Species Management and Conservation of Open Alvar Habitat 

  Mandryk, Tomm (University of Waterloo, 2018-10-22)

  The decline and loss of certain habitat types can be attributed in some part due to a change of disturbance mechanisms or fire exclusion. This is of particular concern for globally-rare open alvar community types, and the ...

• Culture, carbon pricing and its impacts on CO₂ emissions and economic growth 

  Perez, Carlos R. (University of Waterloo, 2018-10-22)

  Energy is one of the most relevant factors for economic growth, which is the main cause of CO₂ emissions. Currently, CO₂ accounts for 90% of emissions associated with human-induced climate change. Additionally, the potential ...

• Establishing baseline travel patterns from smart-phone and spatial data 

  Mikkila, Andrea (University of Waterloo, 2018-10-19)

  Investment in public transit infrastructure and services is essential to providing effective transportation alternatives, and it is important to monitor the progress of key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure goals of ...

• Simulating Farmer Adoption of Agricultural Best Management Practices in the Upper Medway Creek Subwatershed 

  Guo, Liuyi (University of Waterloo, 2018-10-16)

  In the coupled human-environment system, humans play a central role in creating various environmental problems, and in turn, are impacted by these environmental consequences. In Canada, water quality degradation caused by ...

• Suite Talk: The Barriers and Opportunities of Providing Secondary Suites in Rural Metro-Adjacent Regions of Eastern Ontario 

  Caletti, Montana (University of Waterloo, 2018-10-12)

  Providing an adequate supply of affordable housing has become an increasing challenge for Ontario municipalities. As a result, changes were made to the Planning Act requiring all Ontario municipalities to implement provisions ...

• Access roads impact enzyme activities in boreal forested peatlands 

  Saraswati, Saraswati; Parsons, Christopher T.; Strack, Maria (Elsevier, 2019-02-15)

  We investigated the impacts of resource access roads on soil enzyme activities in contrasting forested boreal peatlands (bog and fen). In August 2016, a total of 72 peat samples were collected from twelve 20 m long transects ...

• Bulk Water Pricing Framework to Foster Sustainable Water Management in Ontario 

  Sandhu, Guneet (University of Waterloo, 2018-10-11)

  Amidst rising concerns for sustainability of water resources, the province of Ontario has placed a temporary moratorium expiring on January 1, 2019 on bulk groundwater extraction by new water bottlers while considering ...

• Comparisons of Statistical Approaches for Modelling Land-Use Change 

  Sun, Bo (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 ...

• Sustainability and Indigenous Interests in Regional Land Use Planning: Case Study of the Peel Watershed Process in Yukon, Canada 

  Caddell, Emily (University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)

  Canada’s northern territories, including the Yukon, are facing significant social, economic, political and ecological change. Devolution processes and comprehensive land claim agreements with self-governing First Nations ...

• A Comparative Case Study of the Legitimacy of Two Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (MSI) for Sustainability in the Beef Industry in North America 

  Moreira, Veronica (University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)

  The beef industry is considered one of the most unsustainable of the food sectors, due to the extensive and diverse issues surrounding its environmental, social, and economic performance. Moreover, the rise of the global ...

• Energy management: An intervention-based analysis 

  Whitney, Stephanie (University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)

  Buildings account for approximately 40% of global energy use and emit 33% of global GHG emissions. Buildings also offer the greatest potential for GHG emission reductions, as energy consumption within existing stock can ...

• Yes but No: Havana Peace Agreement’s Ambiguous Sway on Colombia’s Rural Development Policy 

  GARCIA TRUJILLO, ANDRES (University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)

  On 24 November 2016, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace accord to end a six-decade war. One of the items included in the accord was the Comprehensive Rural Reform ...

• The Weight of Islands: A GIS-based material stock analysis of Grenada in the context of extreme weather and climate change 

  Symmes, Robert (University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)

  The building stock consumes large amounts of resources for maintenance and expansion, which is only exacerbated by disaster events where large-scale reconstruction must occur quickly. Recent research has shown the potential ...

• Seeking Middle Ground: Reconciling two trajectories for food system relocalization 

  Glaros, Alesandros (University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)

  As food systems expand in scale and scope, the sources of their negative externalities are less effectively identified. Globally, this diffusion has resulted in a plethora of paradoxes, as well as a decrease in overall ...

• Toronto's Ravines: Conditions and Visitor Perspectives 

  Oviedo, Monika (University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)

  This thesis evaluates whether there are significant similarities and/or differences between how visitors perceive ravine park management and the consultation process in six sites across the City of Toronto. This was done ...

• Marketplace Lending and Credit Unions: Where the Past and Future of Peer-to-Peer Finance Meet 

  Omar Madar, Indi (University of Waterloo, 2018-09-21)

  Peer-to-peer (P2P) or marketplace lending has expanded rapidly since the 2008 global financial crisis. While the idea of pooling small amounts of money from several lenders is not new, advances in financial technology ...

• Convolutional Neural Networks for Land-cover Classification Using Multispectral Airborne Laser Scanning Data 

  Chen, Zhuo (University of Waterloo, 2018-09-21)

  With the spread of urban culture, urbanisation is progressing rapidly and globally. Accurate and update land cover (LC) information becomes increasingly critical for protecting ecosystems, climate change studies and ...

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