Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Title
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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 ... -
Mapping the Time Use Research Field in the Context of Sustainability: Network Analysis and Scoping Review
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-21)The field of time use research has witnessed a continuous growth in recent decades. Meanwhile, the sustainability discourse also began to incorporate the time use approach. However, there is minimal research about the ... -
Mapping Youth-led Engagement: Impacts of Youth-led Engagement in English Canada over the Last 35 Years
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)This study explores how youth have inspired social change in Canada from 1978 to 2012. The objectives of the research include defining youth-led engagement in Canada, understanding its role as a change agent, and mapping ... -
Marketing mix of used electric vehicles in Ontario, Canada.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-25)Abstract Electric vehicles (EV) support sustainable transportation by contributing to the reduction of emissions from the light-duty (passenger) vehicles sector. Electric vehicle adoption is a topic that has been studied ... -
Marketplace Lending and Credit Unions: Where the Past and Future of Peer-to-Peer Finance Meet
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-21)Peer-to-peer (P2P) or marketplace lending has expanded rapidly since the 2008 global financial crisis. While the idea of pooling small amounts of money from several lenders is not new, advances in financial technology ... -
A Matter of Managing an Inner City Resource; Using Existing Buildings in Inner City Areas to Provide Low-Income Housing
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-15)In Canada, the late 1970's and 1980's are seeing an increasing proportion of private funds being invested in inner city commercial and residential property. The inner city's continuing role as a source of low-income housing ... -
Meadow restoration on former agriculture land in southwestern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Best practices for Restoration Ecology have been largely derived from case studies. Novel Ecosystems is an approach that has the possibility of providing the field of restoration research with both structure and a road map ... -
Meaningful design in a multicultural community. A case study on multi-functional urban parks.
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-26)Urban planning is responsible for the arrangement of environments that we are living in as well as for the design of urban parks that allow us to escape from everyday stressors. However, we no longer live in culturally ... -
Measurement, Decision-Making and the Pursuit of Social Innovation in Canadian Social Finance
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-28)This dissertation explores the use of social financing as a strategy to generate social innovation in Canada. Social financing is a strategy intended on positively changing social-ecological systems through investments ... -
Measuring and modelling soil erosion in agricultural systems: Evaluating the application of UAVs and SfM-MVS for soil erosion research
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-19)Soil erosion in agricultural systems is a pressing issue for agricultural sustainability. Accelerated rates of soil erosion from conventional agricultural practices continues to outpace the rate of natural soil regeneration, ... -
Measuring Poverty and Wellbeing: Applications for Land Management
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-22)Poverty reduction and conservation can seem contradictory as integrated goals. Despite mixed results over the past several decades, both goals are increasingly being sought out together in practice. Using a case study of ... -
Measuring urban edge effects and its impact on restoration potential in Rouge National Urban Park
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-21)Urban development is a driving force behind habitat fragmentation and biodiversity loss in major metropolitan areas. While greenspaces and naturalized areas can provide resources for wildlife, urban areas are organized in ... -
Medical Tourism: Establishing a Sustainable Medical Facility
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Imposing the principles of sustainable development on medical tourism is vital to maintaining the three pillars of a strong nation, namely, the environment, the economy, and the local community. The three research objectives ... -
The Mental and Physical Human Health Impacts of Residential Basement Flooding and Associated Financial Costs: Interviews with Households in Southern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-31)This thesis summarizes primary research conducted on the mental and physical health impacts associated with residential basement flooding and their associated financial costs (e.g. days off work, visits to health services, ... -
Metallurgical Capacity: A Novel Metric for Quantifying Available Production of Mineral and Metal Products with a Case Study on Primary Non-Ferrous Nickel
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-10)Minerals and metals are indispensable to society. Beyond conventional uses in all goods and services, significant deployment of new minerals and metals in clean technologies will be necessary for decarbonization efforts. ... -
Methane cycling in horticultural extracted, restored, and unrestored peatlands in central Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Horticulture peat extraction drastically changes peatland ecosystems and their carbon and greenhouse gas balance. Comprehensive study on the combined response of methane (CH4) cycling (i.e., CH4 production, oxidation, ... -
Methane Cycling in Northern Peatlands Following Wildfire
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-26)Peatlands are an important component of the global carbon (C) cycle, they operate as long-term global sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and sources of methane (CH4). However, they are becoming increasingly ... -
Methane Dynamics in a Southern Ontario Calcareous Fen
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-07)Peatlands are important ecosystems that are pivotal for the global carbon budget. They have the ability to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it within peat, which has very slow decomposition rates. Peatlands ...