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Planning Public Transport Improvements in Mexico: Analysis of the Influence of Private Bus Operators in the Planning Process
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-24)In Mexico, transportation planning deals with unique social, political, financial and cultural elements when promoting mobility solutions. These elements include the opportunity costs of public investments, institutional ... -
Planning Regimes in Accra, Ghana.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-05)ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to identify why different planning regimes exist in Accra, Ghana. While addressing this question, many other issues are addressed such as: 1. What is the process of planning ... -
Planning Revitalization of the Fringe: A Case Study of Edmonton's Downtown East
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-26)In cities across Canada, there are many examples of central areas within, adjacent to or just outside of downtowns that remain underdeveloped. There is great opportunity to redevelop these areas into vibrant, sustainable, ... -
Plastic Film and Packaging Waste Management in Southwestern Ontario: An analysis of current diversion patterns and trends
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-27)The production of plastics has drastically grown through the years. In the age of convenience, single use plastics (especially film) have become ubiquitous in everyday life and so has its waste. Plastic waste can be found ... -
A Pluralistic Approach to Interactional Expertise
(Elsevier, 2014-09)The concept of interactional expertise – characterized by sociologists Harry Collins and Robert Evans as the ability to speak the language of a discipline without the corresponding ability to practice – can serve as a ... -
Political feasibility of 1.5°C societal transformations: the role of social justice
(Elsevier, 2018-04-01)Constraining global climate change to 1.5°C is commonly understood to require urgent and deep societal transformations. Yet such transformations are not always viewed as politically feasible; finding ways to enhance the ... -
Political movement: The role of grassroots activism on the development of wastewater treatment policy in Victoria, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)The City of Victoria has been discharging untreated sewage into the Pacific Ocean since 1894 (CRD 2017b; Kines 2020; Meissner 2021). On December 15th, 2020, this practice stopped after the opening of the $775 million ... -
(Post-)Neoliberal Planning, Excessively Optimistic Developers and Overbuilding in Post-reform China: A Case Study of Ordos City
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-18)Overbuilding has been a nationwide and detrimental phenomenon in 21st century China, which calls for investigations of its causes and solutions. Using a case study research strategy, and employing semi-structured interviews ... -
Post-disaster Opportunities: An Assessment of Reconstruction Activities following the 1999 Debris Flows in Vargas State, Venezuela
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)Disaster impacts have grown significantly in the last half century. Additionally, in 2007 the number of urban residents surpassed that of rural populations generating a struggle for resources, inevitably leading to increased ... -
Potential and Observed Release of Phosphorus from Crop Residue and Cover Crops Over the Non-growing Season in a Cool Temperate Region
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-11)Maintaining crop residue or cover crops on fields during winter is a recommended Best Management Practice (BMP) in temperate regions. However, losses of phosphorus (P) to runoff have been attributed to vegetation following ... -
Potential Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Smoking Cessation Counselling and Nicotine Replacement Therapy Coverage in Reducing Smoking-Attributable Lung Cancer Burden in Urban China
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-23)Background: Currently, there are no population-level smoking cessation interventions widely promoted in China. Economic concerns are one of the major barriers to a greater promotion of smoking cessation interventions in ... -
Poverty Alleviation and Environmental Conservation through adoption of Appropriate Housing Improvement Technologies (AHITs): a case study of the Appropriate Housing Improvement Technologies developed by Building and Construction Improvement Program in the Northern Areas of Pakistan
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-20)This paper is an attempt to determine the impacts of Appropriate Housing Improvement Products (AHITs) on poverty alleviation and environmental conservation with special reference to the housing improvement technologies/techniques ... -
A Practice-Based Exploration of Knowledge Utilization in the Canada Post Rural Mail Safety Review: Applying Pragmatic Inquiry and Engaged Scholarship to a Workplace and Public Health Challenge
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-08)The purpose of this research undertaking is to explore the form and content of one of the most extensive workplace occupational health and safety interventions undertaken to date by a Canadian employer: Canada Post ... -
Predictors of Catecholamine, Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Activity During the Type A Structured Interview : Anger-management Style
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-01)A subset of data was used from the Waterloo Longitudinal Reactivity Study (WLRS)to examine predictors of cardiovascular reactivity during the Type A Structured Interview (SI). Sex, age, total cholesterol, body mass index ... -
Predictors of Emergency Room Visits or Acute Hospital Admissions Prior to Death among Hospice Palliative Care Clients in the Community
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)Background: The demand for hospice palliative care (HPC) services is expected to grow due to the increasing number of seniors living into advanced old age, the changing nature of death, and the changing family structure. ... -
Predictors of Home Care Costs among Persons with Dementia, ALS and MS in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Purpose: The purpose of this project was to look at the costs of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD), ALS, and MS in long stay home care in Ontario, Canada. The specific goals were to produce ... -
Preferential flowpaths and fertilizer placement influence subsurface P transport across soil textures and seasonal conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-14)Agricultural tile drains are a source of phosphorus (P) contributing to eutrophication. Preferential flowpaths can rapidly transport P to tile drains, but their activation in different soil textures and under variable ... -
Preferential recharge in a reclaimed tailings sand upland: Implications on solute flushing
(Elsevier, 2021-12)Study region: A peatland watershed was constructed on a post-mined oil sands lease in Northern Alberta, Canada, with the intention of replicating the function of natural wetlands removed by surface mining. Study focus: ... -
Pregnancy intention and gestational age at first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Rwanda
(Elsevier, 2019-01-01)Background With antenatal care (ANC) coverage now widely seen as a success story in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), attention has begun to shift towards exploring the full life-saving potential that ANC holds. Objectives This ... -
Preliminary validation of a single self-report question as a screening tool for depression in older adult populations: Analyses using the Minimum Data Set Depression Rating Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-24)Objectives: The primary objective of this research was to inform the criterion validity of the single self-report depression screening question in the interRAI-Contact Assessment (CA) against the validated Depression Rating ...