Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Title
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SEGMENTATION INFORMS THE GAMIFICATION OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD CONSUMPTION
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-18)Food systems activities produce around 30% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and are responsible for numerous environmental issues which could ultimately harm our ability to grow food reliably. One way ... -
Selection and Influence: A Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Peer and Personal Offending
(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 ... -
Self-Regulatory Driving Behaviour, Perceived Abilities and Comfort Level of Older Drivers with Parkinson's disease compared to Age-Matched Healthy Controls
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-19)Introduction: Multiple studies have shown the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) can impair driving performance. Studies have also found elevated crash rates in drivers with PD, however, none have controlled for exposure ... -
Semantic Modelling of an Indoor Parking Garage Using Hand-held GeoSLAM LiDAR Point Clouds
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)The development of high-definition (HD) digital twin models for underground parking lots presents significant challenges due to the absence of signals from satellite navigation systems, fluctuating lighting conditions, and ... -
SemDQ: A Semantic Framework for Data Quality Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-02)Objective: Access to, and reliance upon, high quality data is an enabling cornerstone of modern health delivery systems. Sadly, health systems are often awash with poor quality data which contributes both to adverse ... -
Semi-automated Generation of High-accuracy Digital Terrain Models along Roads Using Mobile Laser Scanning Data
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-19)Transportation agencies in many countries require high-accuracy (2-20 cm) digital terrain models (DTMs) along roads for various transportation related applications. Compared to traditional ground surveys and aerial ... -
Semi-automated Generation of Road Transition Lines Using Mobile Laser Scanning Data
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-18)Recent advances in autonomous vehicles (AVs) are exponential. Prominent car manufacturers, academic institutions, and corresponding governmental departments around the world are taking active roles in the AV industry. ... -
Semi-automatic Road Extraction from Very High Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery by RoadModeler
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-22)Accurate and up-to-date road information is essential for both effective urban planning and disaster management. Today, very high resolution (VHR) imagery acquired by airborne and spaceborne imaging sensors is the primary ... -
Sense of Place and Walking Tours: A Case Study of the Tour Guys Downtown Toronto Tour
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-04)Sense of place has been deemed an important notion for planners as it is understood to have both economic and social benefits. However, profound social, economic, and cultural transformations have made it increasingly ... -
Shareholders for Sustainability? Assessing investor motivations to adopt the Principles for Responsible Investment
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-18)The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is a voluntary investor-led initiative, backed by the United Nations. Together, the six principles are meant to provide a ‘best practice’ code of conduct for institutional ... -
Show me the numbers: a quantitative portrait of the attitudes, experiences, and values of philosophers of science regarding broadly engaged work
(Springer, 2019-09-23)Philosophers of science are increasingly arguing for the importance of doing scientifically- and socially-engaged work, suggesting that we need to reduce barriers to extra-disciplinary engagement and broaden our impact. ... -
The Significance of the Personal within Disability Geography
(Wiley, 2008-09-01)Drawing on in-depth qualitative data, this article critically examines disability geography as a subfield where the personal is highly valued. The value and the risks inherent in this personal approach will be evaluated, ... -
Silent Partners in Care: Examining Care Transitions for Caregivers of Hip Fracture and Stroke Patients
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-16)Background: Quality of care and patient safety have been demonstrated to be at increased risk during care transitions; making older adults with complex medical issues especially vulnerable due to the multifaceted care they ... -
Simulating Farmer Adoption of Agricultural Best Management Practices in the Upper Medway Creek Subwatershed
(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 ... -
Situating Sino-African agricultural demonstrations in the global food order: Case studies from Rwanda and Uganda
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-21)This thesis explores two Sino-African agricultural centres in Rwanda and Uganda that demonstrate Chinese agricultural technologies, and examines them as they relate to the changing global food order. When Sino-African ... -
Small and Medium-size Enterprise Leadership in Sustainable Development, a Case Study of the Tourism Industry in Jamaica
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-21)This research addresses the evolution in the role of businesses in sustainable development as they shift from the traditional corporate responsibility practices to the contemporary approaches that see businesses adding ... -
Small Farms, Big Impacts: A Case Study in the Development of a Sustainable Farming Livelihood for Direct-Marketing Farmers in Southwestern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-10)Direct-marketing farms play an important role in fostering healthy communities in an era of rapid climate change and unsustainable global agro-industrial practices. Canadian cities intimately depend on foodstuffs imported ... -
Small Holds Sway: How Small Businesses Mobilize Knowledge to Support Action in Learning Processes for Sustainability Transformations
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-13)Transformations of the industrialized food sector toward more sustainable food production, manufacturing, and consumption take place through individual and collective learning processes. Achieving transformational change ... -
Small Towns in Transitions, an Exploratory Study in Collingwood, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-25)Collingwood, Ontario is experiencing an economic and social transition away from resource-dependent orient toward place-based development trajectory, after its economic breakdown of the traditional industries (e.g., ... -
Small-scale producers and the governance of certified organic seafood production in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-28)As food scares have hastened the growth of safety and quality standards around the world, certification schemes to assure various attributes of foods have proliferated in the global marketplace. High-value food commodities ...