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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Addressing cumulative effects in the context of sustainability and co-governance in Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in traditional territory, Yukon
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-26)Cumulative effects and impacts associated with non-renewable resource development are issues of sustainability, with potentially significant implications over broad geographic and temporal scales. In Canada, Indigenous ... -
Fisher-cetacean interactions in a coastal social-ecological system: Bycatch impacts on vulnerability and adaptation strategies for viability
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-24)This thesis aims to understand the critical linkages between cetacean bycatch and its impact on the vulnerability and viability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) communities. Cetacean bycatch is extremely complex, having ... -
Tuktu Past, Present, and Future: State of Torngat Mountains Caribou and their Forage in a Changing Environment
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-20)Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) populations are in decline across Canada, making this charismatic species a major conservation concern. For Inuit of Northern Labrador and Quebec, caribou are a cultural keystone species with ... -
Rethinking Flood Risk Management
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-07)ABSTRACT Damages due to flooding have increased significantly in recent years and are predicted to rise globally despite many attempts by governments to mitigate flooding. Since 2015, global efforts to reduce the risk of ... -
“Trash is just treasure in the wrong place”: The social metabolism of waste in Grenada
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-05)Within a modern, globalized world, islands face evolving and complex development constraints related to managing scarce resources, maintaining fragile natural environments, reducing consumption and waste within bounds of ... -
Cultivating Human and Planetary Health in a Time of Social-Ecological Transformation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-17)Human health is fundamentally dependent on the health of the Earth’s biophysical systems, but continued dependence on economic growth to pursue social goods is rapidly undermining the ecological foundations of health. If ... -
Transitioning the Fashion Industry towards Sustainability
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-01)A growing body of literature addresses fashion industry's sustainability problems including resource depletion, toxic emissions, and unfair labour practices. The impacts of these sustainability problems only multiply with ... -
Towards democratizing water quality monitoring processes for the lower Grand River and nearshore Lake Erie
(University of Waterloo, 2021-10-01)Freshwater quality issues are among the most pressing challenges of our time. Such issues are increasingly complex and tend to recur when we fail to acknowledge the interacting stressors that influence them. One example ... -
Systematic Conservation Prioritization Centered on Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), in a Region of Competing Land Uses
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)The once expansive sagebrush habitat in the western United States has suffered substantial losses largely due to the encroachment of development for extractive and renewable resource-based industries. Sage-grouse (Centrocercus ... -
Sustainable Diets, Population Growth & Regional Food Production: A Case Study of Waterloo Region, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-24)The industrialized food system poses significant human health challenges, while simultaneously compromising planetary boundaries that we depend on for human flourishing. In 2019, the Canada Food Guide was updated to ... -
Social Finance for Sustainable Food Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-22)The scholarly literature demonstrates that dominant financial investment patterns tend to contribute to unsustainable outcomes in the food system. Mainstream lending hurts prospects for building more sustainable food systems ... -
The socio-political dimensions of sustainability transitions: Applying discursive approaches to examine energy transitions
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-13)In the IPCC’s (2018) Special Report on 1.5°C, international climate scientists emphasized that increased climate change is expected to impose considerable, wide-ranging impacts on natural and human systems. The Special ... -
Wyrd Ecology
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)This work investigates what motivates environmental action through developing a case study on how ecological conscience forms in the ritual practices of a new religious movement. I conducted a two-year ethnographic study ... -
Investigating Food Waste Diversion and Compost Use in Urban Agriculture for Soil Management in Mwanza, Tanzania
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-16)African countries are urbanizing at a rapid rate. Studies on African agriculture have focused on rural food production, but research on urban agriculture may be key to ensuring urban food and soil security. In this ... -
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 ... -
Ecological legacies of long-term plant management along the Central Coast of British Columbia
(University of Waterloo, 2021-07-22)Quantifying long-term human impacts to landscapes allows us to understand the ways in which ecosystems respond to constant human pressure and the effects this pressure has on permanently influencing ecological processes ... -
Coping with the Climate Crisis: Investigating the Mental Health Impacts of Climate Change on Youth
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-01)The devastating impacts of climate change take a toll on the mental health and well-being of individuals around the world. Research suggests that young people experience compounding vulnerabilities to the mental health ... -
The Governance of Global Sand Mining
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-04)Sand mining is a global ecological and social sustainability challenge. Greater attention to the governance of sand mining is urgently required to address these challenges. Based on a Delphi survey of global experts, this ... -
Landscape Effects on Breeding Habitat Selection and Incubation Behaviour in Boreal Nesting Ducks
(University of Waterloo, 2021-04-26)Canada’s western boreal forest is the second most important breeding area for North American duck populations. Over the last several decades, this region has experienced a considerable expansion of industrial development ... -
Patterns of nest survival, movement and habitat use of sagebrush-obligate birds in an energy development landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2021-03-09)The sagebrush ecosystem in western North America provides habitat for approximately 350 plant and animal species, many of which are species of conservation concern. The sage-grouse and several species of sagebrush associated ...
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