Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Title
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Waste Diversion and Reduction in a Green Office Building: A Social Practice Theory Lens
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-13)A workplace, as an organisational setting, offers a suitable environment for reorienting employees’ daily routines toward the practice of environmental sustainability. This study addresses three central research questions: ... -
Water and Social Well-Being in the Northwest Territories
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-19)Water security recognizes human and ecological needs for sustainable access to an adequate quantity and quality of water. However, in northern Canada, many Aboriginal communities are struggling to ensure that current and ... -
Water Conservation in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, and the Proposed Pipeline
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-17)The Region of Waterloo relies on groundwater for 80% of the water supplied to its growing population. Ontario’s Places to Grow Act (2005) designates the Region as a growth corridor, and over the next 20 years, significant ... -
Water Governance and Pollution Control in Peri-Urban Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: The Challenges Facing Farmers and Opportunities for Change
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-11)Encompassing both urban and rural processes, the peri-urban interface (PUI) provides a unique and challenging arena for environmental management. As the urban core expands, the PUI industrializes and urbanizes, undergoing ... -
Water Quality as a Measure to Understand Vulnerability and Viability Issues in Small-Scale Fisheries of Chilika Lagoon, India
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-05)Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) sustain millions of livelihoods worldwide by contributing to food security and income. However, small-scale fishing communities are marginalized and vulnerable due to cumulative impacts of ... -
Water Soft-Path Application in Industrial Systems: A Pulp and Paper Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-29)Freshwater availability, allocation and quality are increasingly becoming a concern in Canada. Canada’s apparent availability of abundant freshwater is not what it was thought to be. With increasing competition for water ... -
Water Use on Ontario Golf Courses
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-21)The golf industry is an important sector of the recreation and tourism economy in Canada. In 2009, the Canadian golf industry generated an estimated total direct economic activity of CND$29.4 billion dollars and created ... -
Water, Governance and Sustainability: A Case Study of Water Allocation in Whiteman's Creek, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-02)This research focuses on the role of water governance in building resilience and fostering sustainability in socio-ecological systems (SES). Water governance refers to the structures, processes and actors – and the dynamic ... -
Waterfowl management in stormwater management ponds
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-31)Urbanization, which is ever increasing on a global scale, can negatively affect wildlife and habitat as well as biotic realms including air, soil, and water. One of the impacts of urbanization is urban runoff. A method ... -
Waterfront Development: A Case Study of Dalian, China
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Waterfront development has been an issue of wide concern and extensive discussion since the 1970s. This study provides more insight into the phenomenon by applying the existing knowledge to a different political and ... -
Waterfront Toronto's Design Review Panel: A Case for Clear Indicators
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-10)Toronto’s waterfront is undergoing a large-scale redevelopment effort led by the arm's length public corporation Waterfront Toronto. Since 2005, Waterfront Toronto has operated a design review panel as a discretionary ... -
Watershed Indicators: Contributions of the public to customize a generic index to local needs
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)The purpose of this research is to examine the ways in which public contributions, as part of a larger public participation program, can shape the use of the Canadian Water Sustainability Index (CWSI) and increase its ... -
"We have the best life there ever was": Linking sense of place and adaptive capacity in Nova Scotia's coastal communities
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-26)As humans we have an innate connection to the geographic places and social communities we inhabit. How then do these connections, which form our sense of place, influence our ability as individuals and communities to adapt ... -
“We need very fluid leadership - people who can share power”: Climate change adaptation leadership lessons from the Atlantic Region of Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-24)Evidence-based insights on leadership practice are needed to support climate change adaptation. Climate change adaptation leadership is systematically investigated in Canada using a regional case study approach involving ... -
“We're not just about building subdivisions. We can also do good things for the world”: Private Developers and Active Transportation Implementation in the Region of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-07)Since the mid-19th century, Canada’s population has become more urbanized as Canadians choose to live in one of its major urban centres, such as the Region of Waterloo. As this trend continues into the 21st century, increased ... -
Weather and Camping in Ontario Parks
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-16)Climate and weather have a major influence over seasonality in nature-based tourism by determining the availability and quality of certain outdoor recreational activities (Butler, 2001). Climate and weather act as central ... -
Weather and Climate for Coastal Tourism
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)Weather and climate serve as an important travel motivator, influencing destination choice, the timing of travel, travel expenditures and overall trip satisfaction. Climatic resources are a defining factor in destination ... -
Weaving and identity of the Atayal in Wulai, Taiwan
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)Using a feminist approach in a postcolonial setting, the interactions between weaving, identity, gender, tourism development, and post-colonial history are explored. This ethnographic research is focused on the indigenous ... -
Web GIS Tools for Crime Mapping in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-25)The field of crime mapping has an extensive history, yet it has managed to remain an effective tool for policing even in modern times. This success can be attributed in part to the field’s willingness to adapt to newer ... -
A Web of Expectations: Evolving Relationships in Community Participatory Geoweb Projects.
(2015)New forms of participatory online geospatial technology have the potential to support citizen engagement in governance and community development. The mechanisms of this contribution have predominantly been cast in the ...