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Private Carbon Credit Initiatives in the Agricultural Sector: Investigating Motivations and Understanding Their Effects
(University of Waterloo, 2023-12-15)This thesis project examines the emergence of privately led soil carbon sequestration (SCS) credit programs, specifically for traditional cropping systems, in the agriculture sector in North America. Carbon credits have ... -
Pro-environmental behaviour impacts and their relationship to insurance claim frequency through individual household and municipal-level analyses
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-27)The primary objective of the research has been to determine the relationship between pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) and risk-mitigating behaviours. Chapter 2 approached the objective by comparing a direct measurement ... -
Problematizing eurocentric sustainability within the context of business management and exploring the pluriversality of sustainability
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-18)Business is held responsible for much of the world’s unsustainability and despite over 50 years of sustainable development and corporate social responsibility (CSR) discourse and practice, the state of sustainability ... -
A process evaluation of the Breakfast For Kids (BFK) student nutrition programs: perspectives of program coordinators
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-30)Ensuring students are well fed can have positive social, behavioural, and academic benefits. Schools reach almost all children and the food they consume there can significantly contribute to their overall dietary intake. ... -
The Process for Adopting Technology in Ontario Municipalities and the Implications for Innovation in Development
(University of Waterloo, 2014-06-24)The purpose of this thesis is to provide a stepping stone for technological innovation in the development control process. As a foundational piece of research on this topic, it leverages classic technology adoption theory ... -
Progressing Towards Understanding Water Use Efficiency in Southern, Ontario Canada: Quantifying Water Use Efficiency Metrics (WUE) and Investigating Soil and Plant Physiology Influences on WUE
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-14)Climate change, and corresponding temperature increases of 1.4 - 4.8 ºC by the end of the century, are expected to cause shifts in agricultural production. Additionally, shifts in precipitation patterns are expected to ... -
Project Finance Contribution to Environmental and Social Sustainability: An Inquiry into the Implementation of the Equator Principles
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-24)The Equator Principles are at the center of the financial industry’s voluntary codes for assessing environmental, social, and sustainability risks in project finance transactions. The financial industry’s umbrella association ... -
Projected and Perceived Destination Images of Qingdao, China
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)The images of tourist destinations significantly influence travel choices. Accordingly, destination marketers make great efforts to inform their potential consumers about their destinations using deliberately designed ... -
Projected implications of climate change for rainfall-related crash risk
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-16)It has been well established in previous research that driving during rainfall is associated with increased risk of traffic collision involvement. Of particular concern are heavy rain events, which result in elevated risks ... -
Projecting the Hydrological and Geochemical Evolution of a Constructed Fen Watershed in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-11)Ongoing commercial bitumen surface mining operations have fundamentally altered large areas of forested uplands and fen peatlands in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR), Alberta, Canada. Returning fen peatland functions ... -
Promoting Flood Risk Mitigation Among Canadians Through Effective Risk Communication
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-04)Amid reports of low levels of flood risk awareness and preparedness among Canadians, risk communication emerges as an important tool for encouraging public participation in flood risk management (FRM) and increasing ... -
Property size preferences and the value of private and public outdoor spaces amid a shift to high-density residential development: A case study of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Planning policies in Ontario, such as the Provincial Policy Statement and the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, enforce urban growth boundaries to preserve natural and agricultural lands while improving ... -
Proposing A Water Ethic: A Comparative Analysis of <em>Water for Life: Alberta's Strategy for Sustainability</em>
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Because water is basic to life, an ethical dimension persists in every decision related to water. By explicitly revealing the ethical ideas underlying water-related decisions, human society's relationship with water, and ... -
Prospects for place-based climate change adaptation: An exploration of place, vulnerability and collaborative planning in Churchill, Manitoba
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-27)The need to plan for climate change is an emerging reality for Canadian communities. Impacts like flooding or changes in the formation of sea ice have already contributed to significant financial and social disruptions in ... -
Prosperity through Reuse? Examining the Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Buildings in Kitchener’s Central, Core and Suburban Neighbourhoods
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-07)Deindustrialization and globalization have resulted in the closure of long-standing industrial employers, while consequently changing the demand for the spaces they once occupied. This study examined the characteristics ... -
Protected areas and ecotourism: Charting a path toward social-ecological wellbeing
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)Protected areas (PAs) are changing rapidly in size and scope with the influx of development activities intended to benefit people living within and near their borders. In developing countries, integrated conservation and ... -
A Proud Legacy, A New Future: Bringing Ottawa's Growth Management Strategy Into the 21st Century
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-26)As Canada’s capital, the City of Ottawa has benefited from several comprehensive land use planning exercises since the early 1900s. Early plans carried out by the federal government were led by Prime Ministers who, in ... -
Provincial Class Environmental Assessment: The Examination of Whether the Process can be Effectively Applied in a Northern Ontario Context
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-30)As Canada employs a federated system of government, there are separate environmental assessment (EA) processes. In Ontario, Canada, there is a streamlined, pre-approved, self-assessed process (i.e., the Minister of the ... -
Public Attention to Environmental Hazards
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-21)Although public attention has been noted as being influential within the hazard-response cycle, it has received almost no consideration within the risk and hazards literature. This is surprising, as attention is often noted ... -
Public Housing Redevelopment: Residents' Experiences with Relocation from Phase 1 of Toronto's Regent Park Revitalization
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-30)Regent Park is Canada’s largest and among its oldest public housing developments. Like similar large-scale public housing developments across North America, Regent Park has come under considerable criticism for isolating ...