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The Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Tibet Tourism: Travelers’ Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-22)With the distinguished natural and cultural tourism resources, Tibet is undoubtedly a desirable travel destination both domestically and internationally. With the newly opened Qinghai-Tibet railway to Lhasa in July 2006, ... -
Quality of Care for Long-term Care Residents Living with Heart Failure in Ontario and Predictors of Hospitalization
(University of Waterloo, 2014-10-22)Background Heart failure (HF) is a disease that is on the rise, particularly in the aging population. It is common amongst residents of long-term care homes (LTCHs). Complicating the diagnosis and treatment of HF is ... -
Quality of Care Transitions for Rehabilitation Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-24)Background: Care transitions are a common and frequently adverse aspect of health care, resulting in a high-risk period for both care quality and patient safety (Coleman, 2003; Forster et al., 2003; Picker Institute 1999; ... -
The quality of citizen scientists’ bee observations: An evaluation of PollinatorWatch at Royal Botanical Gardens and the rare Charitable Research Reserve
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-12)Citizen science engages members of the nonscientific community in academic research, contributing to our collective knowledge of the natural environment through biological monitoring and environmental observations. Observation ... -
Quantifying and Modelling Post-Wildfire Sediment Production in Waterton Lakes National Park
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-16)High-severity wildfires can increase sediment mobility and erosion rates in burned landscapes which increase the delivery of fine sediment to receiving streams. The downstream propagation of these pyrogenic materials can ... -
Quantifying Aquatic Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential in Riparian Agroforestry Zones
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-27)Agricultural intensification in Canada has led to a loss of riparian areas, which has resulted in the degradation of freshwater aquatic ecosystems due to an increasing amount of fertilizer and nutrients being introduced ... -
Quantifying coniferous subalpine tree transpiration and source water under seasonal and hydrological stress in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Kananaskis, Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-04)Fresh water supplies in mountainous regions are at risk as snow and ice stores continue to decline under rising global temperatures, earlier winter snowmelt and changing climate regimes. Alpine forests are of particular ... -
Quantifying the Impacts of Flash Flooding on Dominica’s Material Stocks in Buildings: A GIS-based methodological framework for Small Island States
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-06)Economic growth is usually accompanied by extensive extraction of natural resources, especially in developing countries. From a “material-stock-flow-service” perspective, the substantial part (e.g., construction materials) ... -
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
(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 ... -
Quantifying the role of shade on microclimate conditions and water use efficiency of a subalpine wetland in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Kananaskis, Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-17)Alpine regions contribute 60 % of annual surface runoff, playing an important role in regulating the global water balance. Many of the world’s major river networks originate from alpine headwater basins, popularizing ... -
Quantifying the soil organic carbon sequestration performance and carbon emissions offset potential of the City of Calgary’s Willow Biomass and Marginal Land Reclamation Demonstration Project
(University of Waterloo, 2019-06-10)The primary objective of this study was to measure the soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration performance of The City of Calgary Dewatered Biosolids Land Application Program – Willow Biomass and Marginal Land Reclamation ... -
Quantifying Tree Community Assemblages on Habitation sites in the Great Bear Rainforest
(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 ... -
Quantifying Variation in Wetland Composition and Configuration for Landscape-Scale Reclamation Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-06)Widespread loss and degradation of wetland ecosystems resulting from human land use highlights the need for a reclamation strategy (i.e converting developed land back to its original state) that can sustain ecosystem ... -
Quantifying water use and rainfall partitioning of dominant tree species in a post-mined landscape in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-08)Large-scale oil sands mining has caused significant disturbances to forest and wetland ecosystems in the Western Boreal Plains of Northeastern Alberta. Provincial and federal laws mandate restoration of these systems in ... -
Quaternary Geomorphology of the Quebec North Shore, Godbout to Sept-Iles
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)This report presents a summary of the physical properties of surficial deposits, evolution of the landscape and economic aspects of the materials. Surficial geology maps of the Sept-Iles and Cap Chat map sheets, at a scale ... -
RADARSAT-2 Polarimetric Radar Imaging for Lake Ice Mapping
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-21)Changes in lake ice dates and duration are useful indicators for assessing long-term climate trends and variability in northern countries. Lake ice cover observations are also a valuable data source for predictions with ... -
Radial-Growth Forecasting and the Implications for Planning and Management in the Grand River Watershed of Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-26)The first objective of this thesis was to predict the future success of selected tree species under low (B1, 550 CO2 ppm) and moderate (A1B, 720 CO2 ppm) climate change scenarios as defined in the Special Report on Emissions ... -
A Random Forest Based Method for Urban Land Cover Classification using LiDAR Data and Aerial Imagery
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-23)Urban land cover classification has always been crucial due to its ability to link many elements of human and physical environments. Timely, accurate, and detailed knowledge of the urban land cover information derived from ... -
Rapid Environmental Change, Psychological Distress and Well-being in Chilika Lagoon, India
(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 ... -
Rapid Inspection of Pavement Markings Using Mobile Laser Scanning Point Clouds
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-28)Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is the combination of information technology, sensors and communications for more efficient, safer, more secure and more eco-friendly surface transport. One of the most viable forms ...