Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Title
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Where Have All the Children Gone? Community, Nature and the Child Friendly City
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-13)Most parents aspire to raise children who are independent, healthy and productive members of society. In this pursuit, parents struggle to balance freedom and safety. Current theory and research suggests that North American ... -
Who Are Government OpenData Infomediaries? A Preliminary Scan and Classification of Open Data Users and Products
(Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), 2017-12-01)Open data, that is, the provision of government data in a publicly accessible, machine-readable format, with liberal usage terms, has become commonplace. Despite the promise of open data, there are many questions about who ... -
Who we are at Work: Millennial Women, Everyday Inequalities and Insecure Work
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-09-01)Based on research with millennial women in Canada, this article examines the process of workplace identity, or (un)conscious strategies of identity management that young women employ at work. First, despite increasing ... -
Why Do You Care? Exploring The Experiences of Health Care Providers Supporting Patients with Dementia in Primary Care Memory Clinics
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-02)Background: Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) are often improperly or under-diagnosed in primary care; yet, it is expected that community-based care will be an increasingly important source of support for ... -
Wildlife & Roadways: Incorporating Wildlife-Management Strategies Into Road Infrastructure in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-05)Wildlife-road conflict has a profound negative impact on both wildlife populations and society. Ecological effects, human safety concerns, and economic consequences all contribute to the need to mitigate against wildlife-road ... -
Will the Mediterranean Become "Too Hot" for Tourists?: A Reassessment
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)Numerous studies emphasize that climate, particularly temperature, is one of the most important resources of a tourist destination. With the onset of climate change, this climatic parameter of tourist destinations may ... -
Wind Turbines in Ontario: An Examination of Perceptions and Potential Health Effects, and How They Relate To Policy and Decision-Making Processes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)This thesis explores resistance to wind turbine development in Ontario: perceptions of wind turbines, the impact of policy and decision-making on perceptions, possible health effects and how they relate to perceptions, and ... -
Women and Environmental Change: A Case Study of Small-Scale Fisheries in Chilika Lagoon
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-24)In recent decades, many lagoons around the world have experienced environmental degradation resulting from impacts of various drivers of change (e.g., natural disasters and aquaculture). This has created adverse consequences ... -
World hunger and the global economy: strong linkages, weak action
(School of International and Public Affairs: Columbia University, 2014-03)This paper probes some of the global economic forces that have contributed to the ongoing precarious global food security situation, especially in the years since the 2007 to 2008 food crisis. Since the crisis hit at a ... -
Worship in the suburbs: the development experience of recent immigrant religious communities
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Immigration is transforming large Canadian urban regions. Rapidly increasing religious diversity is one dimension of the dramatic, multicultural shift accompanying this sea-change. Over the past decade, many important ... -
Wyrd Ecology
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)This work investigates what motivates environmental action through developing a case study on how ecological conscience forms in the ritual practices of a new religious movement. I conducted a two-year ethnographic study ... -
Yes but No: Havana Peace Agreement’s Ambiguous Sway on Colombia’s Rural Development Policy
(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 ... -
Young adult smoking cessation: What predicts success?
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-22)Background: Across North America, smoking prevalence is highest among young adults (YAs). Understanding the cessation behaviours of YAs is critical given their higher smoking rates; however, there is a paucity of prospective ... -
Youth Service Program Participants in Canada: Perceptions on Motivations for Volunteering, Level of Engagement, and Level of Impact
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-17)Encouraging young people to be active in their communities and understanding of and responsive to the issues around them, especially through volunteer and service programs, allows these young people to be healthy and ...