Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Title
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Macro-Prudential Implications of Sustainability Policies in the Banking Sector
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-02)Sustainability related issues, such as inequality, water security, and climate risk, represent a significant concern for many individuals and organizations, threatening the stability of the world's markets, including the ... -
Making sense of precarity: talking about economic insecurity with millennials in Canada
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)While there are many effective metrics for quantifying economic precarity, talking to young people about their experiences in the labour and housing markets reveals a gap in explanatory language around living in/through ... -
Making Sense of the Fractal Urban Form and Function: an Agent-Based Modelling Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-27)Despite their complexity, cities exhibit very similar fractal properties in various aspects of their form and function, including their social and spatial profiles. These similarities reveal underlying forces behind the ... -
Malaria in the Amazon: An Agent-Based Approach to Epidemiological Modeling of Coupled Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-21)The epidemiology of malaria considers a complex set of local interactions amongst host, vector, and environment. A history of reemergence, epidemic transition, and ensuing endemic transmission in Iquitos, Peru reveals an ... -
The Management of Human Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-10)Abstract: Pharmaceuticals and their metabolites, collectively known as pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs), have been detected in surface water, groundwater, and drinking water, in a number of countries, since ... -
Management of introduced American bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeiana Shaw 1802) in the South Okanagan, British Columbia
(University of Waterloo, 2017-07-10)Introduced invasive species threaten biodiversity on a global scale. An estimated fifteen new species introduction and establishments occur in aquatic systems per decade in Canada. A particular introduced aquatic species ... -
Management of Urban Ecosystems and the Application of the Novel Ecosystem Evaluation Framework in the City of Kitchener
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-31)Increasing urbanization and the impacts associated with human settlements are major factors in the degradation of ecological integrity and main contributors to the emergence of novel ecosystems. As landscapes across Southern ... -
Managing Accessibility: A Case Study at the University of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-23)This study examined how a quality management system, which includes a crowdsourcing application, could improve accessibility. As a result this research captured the interactions a person with impairment has with the built ... -
Managing an urban forest: Have street tree populations of Acer platanoides invaded forested parks?
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-13)This study examined the existing, or potential, risk of invasion by street trees into an urban forested park (Breithaupt Park, a 32.5 hectare semi-forested park, and its surrounding residential neighbourhood in the City ... -
Managing Change: Considering the Relevance of Place Identity for Planning in British Columbia?s Communities in Transition. An Applied Research Case Study of Three Vancouver Island Communities.
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Beginning in 1980, large forestry corporations in British Columbia began to rapidly downsize and restructure their operations. The combination of volatile international market conditions, increasing demands for environmental ... -
Managing Exposure to Pipeline’s Risks: Improving Brazil’s Risk-Based Regulatory Process
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-15)Traditional risk-based decision-making processes have limitations that often compromise the management of technological hazards. The research is organized into three major components. Firstly, it investigates concepts and ... -
Managing for Ecosystem Resilience in Fathom Five National Marine Park, Lake Huron, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-22)Protected areas are considered to be the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation strategies and are valued sources of human well-being and ecosystem services. Yet they are not immune to the unprecedented impacts being ... -
Managing Information Technology Waste in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-17)Information technology (IT) is one of the fastest growing product groups on the market today (Babu et al., 2006). This technology has become inexpensive to produce and continues to improve in the areas of memory, speed, ... -
Managing Retreat in Canada: Framework for the Evaluation of Property Buyout Programs
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-04)With the incidence of severe flooding on the rise, Canada’s traditional approach of defending against and rebuilding after floods has become unsustainable. Managed retreat presents a practical policy option to reduce ... -
Managing the infrastructure gap: perceptions, challenges and strategies in Calgary and Edmonton
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-13)Since the 1980’s, concerns over the municipal ‘infrastructure gap’ or ‘deficit’ have been frequently raised by local governments in Canada and around the world. In response to the limited number of in-depth case studies ... -
Mandated Collaboration as a Strategy of Environmental Governance? A Case Study of the Niagara Peninsula Source Protection Area in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-10)Government (state) command and control strategies for addressing the complexities, uncertainties, and conflicts associated with ecological issues are no longer adequate. This is particularly true when addressing water ... -
Mangrove-Dependent Small-Scale Fisher (SSF) Communities in the Sundarbans – Vulnerable yet Viable
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-10)Sundarbans social-ecological system is the largest remaining mangrove wetland in the Asian continent. Its ecological subsystem is comprised of mangroves of Sundarbans shared between India and Bangladesh, which are complex ... -
The "Manhattanization" of Midtown Toronto: A Case Study on the Effects on Livability in an Intensifying Neighbourhood
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-09)In order to become more sustainable, cities around the world have increasingly adopted smart growth policies to combat urban sprawl and produce more sustainable environments. These principles, when properly implemented, ... -
Mapping Snow Pack Depth in the Town of Uxbridge, Ontario Using an Airborne Laser Scanner
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)This study aims to present and evaluate a new method for measuring the distribution of snow within built-up environments by differencing elevations collected by an Airborne Laser Scanner (ALS) before, and during peak snow ... -
Mapping the state of play on the global food landscape
(Canadian Food Studies, 2015-09-08)Introduction to a special issue of Canadian Food Studies: The articles in this special issue are the result of an innovative workshop held in Waterloo, Ontario September 25–26, 2014, that sought to expand a conversation ...