• Towards Q-analysis Integration in Discrete Global Grid Systems: Methodology, Implications and Data Complexity 

  Bondaruk, Veniamin (University of Waterloo, 2020-03-27)

  Spatial data is characterized by rich contextual information with multiple characteristics at each location. The interpretation of this multifaceted data is an integral part of current technological developments, data rich ...

• Location Choice of the Micro-Creative Enterprises (MCEs): Case Study of Local Creative Clusters in Shanghai, China 

  Ding, Ziqi (University of Waterloo, 2020-03-19)

  As the creative industries have become some of the fastest-growing sectors in the post-industrial era, their location choice has been focused by both academics and policymakers. Empirical research state that creative ...

• Can virtual water trade save water resources? 

  Liu, Xi; Du, Huibin; Zhang, Zengkai; Crittenden, John; Lahr, Michael L.; Moreno-Cruz, Juan; Guan, Dabo; Mi, Zhifu; Zuo, Jian (Elsevier, 2019-10-15)

  At times, certain areas of China suffering from water shortages. While China's government is spurring innovation and infrastructure to help head off such problems, it may be that some water conservation could help as well. ...

• Extension of geopolitical supply risk methodology: Characterization model applied to conventional and electric vehicles 

  Cimprich, Alexander; Young, Steven B.; Helbig, Christoph; Gemechu, Eskinder D.; Thorenz, Andrea; Tuma, Axel; Sonnemann, Guido (Elsevier, 2017-09-20)

  The diversity of materials employed in modern products and the complexity of globalized supply chains raise the importance of assessing supply risk of commodity inputs to product systems. Therefore, this article extends ...

• Towards sustainable energy materials: broadening life cycle assessment for emerging technology development and resource-effective choices 

  Glogic, Edis (University of Waterloo, 2020-03-09)

  Energy materials are particularly important from a sustainability perspective for advancing renewable energy systems, including energy production and storage. Their appropriate use and development require quantitative ...

• Runoff Response and Nutrient Loading in Vertisolic Clay Soils of Near-Level Artificially Drained Southern Manitoban Landscapes 

  Vivekananthan, Kokulan (University of Waterloo, 2020-03-04)

  The installation of tile drainage systems in Southern Manitoba has been accelerating over the past two decades to improve crop production. Given current environmental and political concerns related to agricultural pollution ...

• Quantifying the Influence of Soil Prescriptions on Ecosystem Processes in Reclaimed Forests of Varying Age in a Post-Oil Sands Landscape in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada 

  Prentice, Tyler Matthew (University of Waterloo, 2020-03-03)

  The Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) in northern Alberta, Canada contains ~4800 km2 available for surface mining, and as of 2017 ~767 km2 had been disturbed for oil sands operations. The Alberta government requires this ...

• Analyzing Government Use of GitHub for Collaboration: An Empirical Approach to Measuring Open Government and Open Collaboration 

  Mistry, Jaydeep (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-21)

  The way government organizations collaborate on developing computer software has significantly changed with the use of the Internet. GitHub, an online platform that hosts computer software and provides project management ...

• Rapid Environmental Change, Psychological Distress and Well-being in Chilika Lagoon, India 

  Crisan Szabo, Patricia (University of Waterloo, 2020-02-14)

  As the effects of climate change are increasingly occurring throughout the world, costal fisheries are at risk of experiencing significant impacts on their environment. As recent studies indicate that psychological distress ...

• Selection and Influence: A Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Peer and Personal Offending 

  Gallupe, Owen; McLevey, John; Brown, Sarah (Springer, 2019-06)

  Objectives Whether people are affected by the criminal behavior of peers (the “influence” perspective) or simply prefer to associate with others who are similar in their offending (the “selection” perspective) is a ...

• Hydrologic function of a moderate-rich fen watershed in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of the Western Boreal Plain, northern Alberta 

  Elmes, Matthew C.; Price, Jonathan S. (Elsevier, 2019-03)

  Peatlands are a dominant land feature in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) of the Western Boreal Plain (WBP), comprising >50% of the total land area, many of which are moderate-rich fens. The carbon stocks of moderate-rich ...

• Quantifying Tree Community Assemblages on Habitation sites in the Great Bear Rainforest 

  Schang, Kyle (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-31)

  Identifying how past human actions have influenced their environment is important for understanding how current ecosystems function. Heavy intertidal resource use by Indigenous Peoples for the past several millennia has ...

• Tool to Assess Raw Material Social Supply Risks 

  Shaikh, Noor-ur-Rahman (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-29)

  This research considers the use of country-level social indicators of governance, conflict and human rights used by companies to assess social risks in product supply chains. The study developed a computational tool that ...

• Exploring and integrating local angling guide knowledge for examining tourism sustainability in the Bahamian Flats Fishing Sector 

  Karrow, Thomas (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-27)

  Tourism globally is ranked as the world’s third largest export category, and 2017 marked the eighth consecutive year of sustained growth in the sector (UNWTO, 2018). Tourism represented 10% of the global gross domestic ...

• Assessing the Role of Discourse in Influencing Water Quality Policy in Lake Erie Basin 

  Isaac, Bereket Negasi (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-27)

  This research examines the usefulness of a discourse approach to better understand freshwater policy and governance, with a specific focus on the involvement of non-state actors in the policy making process. Previous ...

• The Stability of the Drygalski Ice Tongue 

  Indrigo, Christine (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)

  Antarctica has the potential to contribute to sea-level rise by up to 58 m if it were to entirely melt. The Antarctic Ice Sheet is fringed by floating ice in the form of ice shelves and ice tongues, which help to buttress ...

• Linking Services to Material Stocks: A GIS-based material stock-service analysis from island and city perspectives 

  De Kroon, Kristen (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)

  Recent years have seen a growing interest in sustainable development and the shift towards a more resource efficient economy. The concept of “social metabolism” views a socioeconomic system as a system of material throughput. ...

• Development of a Mode Choice Model to understand the potential impacts of LRT on Mode Shares in the Region of Waterloo 

  Saini, Gursimran K (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)

  A new light rail transit system (LRT), ION, began operations in the Region of Waterloo in the June of 2019, and the second phase is yet to begin construction. The main thrust of this growth management project for the ...

• Methane cycling in horticultural extracted, restored, and unrestored peatlands in central Alberta, Canada 

  Bieniada, Aneta (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)

  Horticulture peat extraction drastically changes peatland ecosystems and their carbon and greenhouse gas balance. Comprehensive study on the combined response of methane (CH4) cycling (i.e., CH4 production, oxidation, ...

• Co-Modality: Opportunities and Barriers in the Greater Toronto Area 

  Adu-Mensah, Bernard (University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)

  The Greater Toronto Area is said to be one of the fastest growing regions in Ontario experiencing many challenges due to the influx of population and the demand for goods and services. Amongst the challenges include ...

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