Environment (Faculty of): Recent submissions
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Indigenous Guardian programs as a model for evaluating traditional land use in post-reclaimed sites
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-08)This thesis explores Indigenous Guardian programs as a model for monitoring post-reclaimed mine sites in Treaty 8 Territory, Alberta, Canada. As a joint research project between Fort McKay First Nation (FMFN), University ... -
Water Secure and Climate Resilient Ontario: Developing a Transdisciplinary Water Risk Management Framework and Decision Support Tool to Guide Multi-Sector Sustainable Water Management Policies and Strategies
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-03)Sustainable management of water resources, which provide critical social, economic, cultural, and ecological functions, is essential for sustainable development, yet risks to water security are growing. The province of ... -
Growing Sustainability: Hydroponic Cultivation of Food Sovereignty in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-02)This research aims to understand attitudes held by communities towards controlled environment agriculture (CEA) as a pathway to building resilient local food systems across Canada, particularly in northern and Indigenous ... -
Assessment of Drivers of Algal Biomass in North American Great Lakes via Satellite Remote Sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-02)Lakes are regarded as sentinels of change, where shifts in environmental conditions significantly affect lake phenology. A significant consequence of the change is the perceived increase in the frequency, magnitude, and ... -
Exploring Art as a Communication Interface for Watershed System Resiliency
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-27)Art has shown promise as a method of communicating the science and attendant need for watershed restoration work to both practitioners and the public. My thesis is exploratory; it explored whether art can convey concepts ... -
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 ... -
First Nation land and well-being: Exploring the relationship of First Nation land management systems with community well-being, informality within land management, and the development of an agent-based First Nation land-use voting model for experiments on policy adoption at Curve Lake First Nation
(University of Waterloo, 2024-03-15)Land management is a pressing issue for reconciling and reconnecting First Nations with their land. Many First Nations have taken more control and responsibility over the management of their land that is key to their ... -
Volunteer Participation in Ecological Restoration: Motivations, Organizations, and Conviviality
(University of Waterloo, 2024-02-28)The state of ecosystems worldwide are increasingly dire. Ecological restoration is a practice that has the potential to remedy ecosystem degradation. Engaging people in ecological restoration can help ensure project success, ... -
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 ... -
Greenspace Planning in Ontario’s High-rise Environments: The greenspace planning context and experiences of families with children in high-rises
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-31)Despite a growing number of families with children living in urban settings, cities remain largely unequipped to support families, particularly in high-rise settings that are marketed and designed towards singletons, young ... -
Understanding island-wide intersectional disaster risk governance: the place of social networks in the Commonwealth of Dominica.
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction promotes deliberative, inclusive and bottom-up processes to disaster risk reduction. Further, the growing focus on stakeholder engagement within disaster risk governance ... -
Semantic Modelling of an Indoor Parking Garage Using Hand-held GeoSLAM LiDAR Point Clouds
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)The development of high-definition (HD) digital twin models for underground parking lots presents significant challenges due to the absence of signals from satellite navigation systems, fluctuating lighting conditions, and ... -
Curbing Enthusiasm: Examining Canadian Cities’ Proactive Responses to Evolving Curbside Pressures
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)Transportation planning is increasingly concerned with the role the curb plays in urban environments. As the primary boundary separating mobility, accessibility, and amenity activities along a street, it is a highly contested ... -
Snow Mapping from Passive Microwave Brightness Temperature and MODIS Snow Product with Machine learning Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-25)Snow cover is one of the cryosphere's most critical components, representing a vital geophysical variable for climate and hydrology. Monitoring snow cover in Arctic regions has gained increasing significance, particularly ... -
Exploring Radarsat-2 SAR Cross-Polarization Ratio Capability for Tundra Snow Depth Estimation Using Numerical and Deep Learning Approach
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-25)Snow is essential to the Earth system, significantly influencing the global climate, freshwater availability, and economic activities. A significant snow cover decline has been reported in vast northern hemisphere areas. ... -
Beyond Ruins: The Role of Cultural Capital in Post-Disaster Tourism Revival in Kathmandu Valley
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-25)This study offers an in-depth analysis of the nexus between cultural capital, tourism, and disaster recovery, with a particular focus on the aftermath of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Utilizing ... -
SEGMENTATION INFORMS THE GAMIFICATION OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD CONSUMPTION
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-18)Food systems activities produce around 30% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and are responsible for numerous environmental issues which could ultimately harm our ability to grow food reliably. One way ... -
Exploring the biopsychosocial landscape of chronic illness: A case study of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) from epigenetics to education
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-16)Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus, is a chronic autoimmune condition and global public health issue. SLE is uniquely characterized as gendered, racialized, episodic, invisible and idiosyncratic. SLE primarily ... -
Lest the Taps Run Dry: Urban Infrastructure, Water Demands and Drought
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-05)Hydrologically-driven urban water shortage situations (urban droughts) are becoming increasingly widespread under the combined forces of urbanization and global climate change. Canadian cities are not exempted from these ... -
Physical versus behavioural emissions reductions: Quantifying and comparing emissions reduced by behaviour and emissions reduced by technology of net-zero communities
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-04)Modern climate change research calls for more diverse and creative solutions past simply improving technology; there is not one solution to climate change. A multidisciplinary field like planning can affect both physical ...