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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 ... -
Rapid Understory Restoration of a Thinned Red Pine Plantation in Algonquin Provincial Park
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-20)Tree plantations can be used as a restoration tool to quickly re-establish canopy cover in degraded areas. A red pine plantation was established in the 1970s for just this purpose in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. ... -
Raptor Mortality and Behavior at Wind Turbines Along the North Shore of Lake Erie During Autumn Migration 2006-2007
(University of Waterloo, 2011-02-18)During 2006 and 2007 behavioral observations surveys of raptors were conducted at 12 turbines of a 66-turbine wind farm near Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada. Mortality surveys were conducted at all turbines in the wind farm ... -
(Re)Organizing Toronto Households during COVID-19 Lockdown: A case study on an Imposed Degrowth Scenario
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-17)By design or by disaster, the growth-oriented capitalist economy must come to terms with the biophysical limits of our finite planet. Many ecological economists make the intentional contraction – or degrowth – of total ... -
Re-Branding the Canadian Planning Profession
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-26)The purpose of this study was to determine if branding strategies could enhance the position and influence of the Canadian planning profession within a multi-stakeholder environment. To address this research question, the ... -
Re-evaluating Scattering Mechanisms in Snow-Covered Freshwater Lake Ice Containing Bubbles Using Polarimetric Ground-based and Spaceborne Radar Data
(University of Waterloo, 2015-07-13)Lakes are a prominent feature of the sub-Arctic and Arctic regions of North America, covering up to 40% of the landscape. Seasonal ice cover on northern lakes afford habitat for several flora and fauna species, and provide ... -
Read all about it! Comparing media discourse on energy storage in Canada and the United Kingdom in a transition era
(Elsevier, 2020-12-01)Energy storage (ES), both grid-scale and behind-the-meter, will depend largely upon domestic acceptance of the technology in the public sphere. Recognizing the role that media play in this socio-technical process, we compare ... -
Reading the Urban Form: An Urban Morphological Evaluation of Downtown Sports Facilities in London and Hamilton, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-09)Over the past few decades, the issue of downtown revitalization has been a priority for planners and civic leaders. One strategy of attracting people, jobs and investment to the downtown is by constructing a catalytic ... -
A realistic account of evidence-informed tobacco control practice in Ontario public health agencies
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-06)Policy-makers, research funders, and practitioners acknowledge the need for theories about the uptake of scientific evidence into policy and programs to reduce population-wide risk factors for the major avoidable chronic ... -
Recognizing Features in Mobile Laser Scanning Point Clouds Towards 3D High-definition Road Maps for Autonomous Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)The sensors mounted on a driverless vehicle are not always reliable for precise localization and navigation. By comparing the real-time sensory data with a priori map, the autonomous navigation system can transform the ... -
Recognizing the role of gender and food security in type 2 diabetes nutrition education in rural southwestern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-24)Food systems and health systems are interdependent. Historically, however, strategies that focused on the development of these systems evolved in isolation from one another. Non-communicable diseases such as type 2 diabetes ... -
Red coralline algae and climate change: growth, magnesium concentration variability and the development of a new palaeoclimate proxy
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-22)Past ocean acidification recorded in the geological record facilitates the understanding of rates and influences of contemporary pCO2 enrichment. High resolution proxies of pCO2 and pH can be used to reconstruct ... -
Redefining Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) World
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-23)In a paradigm characterized by unprecedented levels of transparency and business risks, CSR reporting standards have gained substantial power in their ability to drive organizations towards more sustainable business ... -
A Region in Transition: The Role of Networks, Capitals and Conflicts in the Rainy River District, Ontario.
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-15)This research analyzed declining resource-based communities in the Rainy River District, Ontario, that is typical of the Canadian middle north, and explored their central features using several qualitative and participatory ... -
The Regional Integration of Protected Areas: A Study of Canada's National Parks
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-01)The relationship between protected areas and their regions is complex, dynamic, and often based on social interactions. It is widely accepted that protected areas are not “islands” – rather they are connected to their ... -
Regulatory Dynamics, Institutional Cohesiveness, and Regional Sustainability
(University of Waterloo, 2002)It is generally acknowledged that economic activity continues apace and at the expense of social and ecological integrity while the course of economic development remains far from any approximation of sustainability. Few ...