Environment, Resources and Sustainability
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability .
Research outputs are organized by type (eg. Master Thesis, Article, Conference Paper).
Waterloo faculty, students, and staff can contact us or visit the UWSpace guide to learn more about depositing their research.
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Multi-Scale Patterns of Eastern Milksnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) Habitat Selection and Behavioural Responses to Habitat Fragmentation
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-09)The decline of species with specific habitat needs can be attributed to human caused habitat destruction and fragmentation. This is particularly concerning for reptiles, as they are often unable to adapt to modified ... -
The Human Dimensions of Climate Risk in Africa's Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)Climate change impacts are a result of the intersection between the level of climate change, and the socioeconomic conditions that characterize the locale under question. For the low income countries in the world, they ... -
Ecological Economic Development Goals: Reincorporating the social sphere in ecological economic theory and practice
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)The various approaches and methods within ecological economics all have their benefits, limitations, and internal debates. In this dissertation, I focus on macro-social theoretical ecological economics which seeks to find ... -
Importance of regional variation in conservation planning: a rangewide example of the Greater Sage‐Grouse
(Ecological Society of America, 2016-10-13)Abstract We developed rangewide population and habitat models for Greater Sage?Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) that account for regional variation in habitat selection and relative densities of birds for use in conservation ... -
Distribution of priority grassland bird habitats in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada
(Resilience Alliance, 2018-02-09)Grassland ecosystems and the species that rely on them are one of the most urgent habitat conservation concerns in North America. Fundamental to any landscape conservation efforts is the identification of priority habitats ... -
The Influence of Mitigation on Sage-Grouse Habitat Selection within an Energy Development Field
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Growing global energy demands ensure the continued growth of energy development. Energy development in wildlife areas can significantly impact wildlife populations. Efforts to mitigate development impacts to wildlife are ... -
Landscape characteristics influencing the genetic structure of greater sage-grouse within the stronghold of their range: a holistic modeling approach
(Wiley, 2015-05-01)Given the significance of animal dispersal to population dynamics and geographic variability, understanding how dispersal is impacted by landscape patterns has major ecological and conservation importance. Speaking to the ... -
Landscapes for Energy and Wildlife: Conservation Prioritization for Golden Eagles across Large Spatial Scales
(Public Library of Science, 2015)Proactive conservation planning for species requires the identification of important spatial attributes across ecologically relevant scales in a model-based framework. However, it is often difficult to develop predictive ... -
Developing approaches for linear mixed modeling in landscape genetics through landscape-directed dispersal simulations
(Wiley, 2017-06-01)Dispersal can impact population dynamics and geographic variation, and thus, genetic approaches that can establish which landscape factors influence population connectivity have ecological and evolutionary importance. Mixed ... -
Evaluating intercropping systems as a sustainable agroecosystem alternative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-21)Sole crops are commonly used in the most productive agricultural area in Argentina, the Pampas, and represent the biggest land-area in the country, and the most responsible for the release of greenhouse gas emissions to ... -
Implications of Marine Protected Areas on Social-Ecological Wellbeing in the Bay of Fundy, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-03)Globally, marine protected areas (MPAs) are proliferating to meet Aichi Target 11 under the Convention on Biological Diversity – to protect 10% of coastal and marine areas by 2020. MPAs hold promise to enhance the ecological ... -
Governance for Sustainability in Forest Communities: Case Study of the Antoine-Labelle Regional County Municipality in Quebec
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-20)Significant progress towards sustainability has been made in recent decades. However, persistent and deepening unsustainable trajectories underline that mere continuation of current strategies will not suffice in reversing ... -
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 ... -
Assessing Legitimacy Within Collaborative Water Governance: How, When, and by Whom?
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-24)Collaborative water governance (CWG) is a form of decision-making for water that involves multiple actors with diverse interests working together to solve common problems (e.g., pollution, scarcity, flooding). CWG has ... -
Exploring the Importance of Saproxylic Beetles (Coleoptera) as Indicators of Forest Biodiversity and Available Resources in Kitchener, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)Across North America insects have generally taken a backseat to more conspicuous animals (e.g. birds, mammals) and are not regularly monitored by ecosystem managers. They commonly enter the spotlight when an insect is an ... -
A Complex Systems Approach to the Exploration of Environmental Ideologies
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-28)Understanding that the current socio-ecological challenges create a need for large scale technological, institutional and ideological changes, this research explores environmental ideologies. Starting with a review of ... -
Navigating the Land Between Religions: New Perspectives on the Fair Trade and Food Sovereignty Movement Strategies to Challenge International Trade Governance
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-27)The fair trade and food sovereignty movements adopt very different strategies for challenging the existing international agricultural trade regime. Food sovereignty contests and resists the existing system, employing ... -
Linking Moral Renewal and Sustainable Development through Social Enterprises in the Philippines
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-19)Considering the current socio-political atmosphere in the Philippines that arguably cultivates moral ambiguity, ambivalence, and apathy vis-à-vis human rights and development issues, this thesis investigates the relationship ... -
An Assessment of Environmental and Sustainability Provisions in Trade Agreements
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)Trade agreements have begun to incorporate far reaching, more comprehensive environmental and sustainability provisions, alongside their originally intended trade provisions. This trend which has been adopted in recent ... -
Thinking outside the 'water box' in the Detroit River Area of Concern
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-30)Despite sustained attention to water issues around the world—including attention to shortcomings in water governance—many long-standing water problems persist around the world. This may be because some of the sources or ...
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