Browsing Environment, Resources and Sustainability by Subject "Environmental and Resource Studies"
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Challenges and Opportunities Facing Local Governance Agents in Advancing an Ecosystem Approach to Conceptualizing and Governing Community Health in Norfolk County, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)This research focuses on the challenges and opportunities facing local governance agents in advancing an ecosystem approach to conceptualizing and governing community health in Norfolk County, Ontario. Norfolk County is ... -
Citizen Engagement and the Governance of Sustainable Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-10)This study develops an interdisciplinary exploratory approach for understanding concepts and tools for local participation that leads towards sustainability. The research goals include : identifying effective public ... -
Citizens' Attitudes to Re-Establish a Permanent Water Flow for the Colorado River Delta, North Western Mexico
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-28)Ecosystem services and goods are non-market values that are increasingly being accounted through contingent valuation methods and more specifically by studying people’s willingness-to-pay for them. Large ecosystem restoration ... -
Civil Society, Good Governance and the News Media: A case study of civil society inclusion in Winnipeg Free Press coverage of Lake Winnipeg nutrient loading
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-18)Governance and participatory democracy theory suggest that strong policy can stem from the inclusion of all societal voices in discussion of options, and that the public must have a strong base of information in order to ... -
Climate Change Adaptation Capacity in Ontario Conservation Authorities: A Case Study Evaluation
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-12)In Canada, anticipated climate changes including an increased frequency of hot temperature extremes and intense precipitation events, are projected to affect surface water and groundwater resources with respect to water ... -
Collaborative Environmental Governance and Indigenous Governance: A Synthesis
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-31)This study addresses a conceptual gap in collaborative environmental governance pertaining to the role of Indigenous peoples. Conventional collaborative approaches to environmental governance include input and resource-pooling ... -
Concentrations and Latitudinal Variations of PBDEs in First Nation Peoples of the James Bay Region
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-22)Concerns regarding the persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport, and adverse health effects of polybrominated dipheyl ethers (PBDEs) have recently come to light. PBDEs are quickly becoming a ubiquitous pollutant ... -
CONCEPTUALIZING A SUSTAINABLE SKI RESORT: A CASE STUDY OF BLUE MOUNTAIN RESORT IN ONTARIO
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-25)Sustainability has become a goal for many recreational tourism businesses. For ski resorts, the goal of sustainability has been driven by a growing understanding of the impacts ski resorts have on the biophysical environment ... -
The Contribution of Open Frameworks to Life Cycle Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Environmental metrics play a significant role in behavioural change, policy formation, education, and industrial decision-making. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a powerful framework for providing information on environmental ... -
Crisis Overstated? Knowledge Gaps and the Aging Water Workforce
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-27)ABSTRACT Beginning in 1946 fertility in Canada and other Western countries increased to rates unequaled throughout the rest of the 20th century. Sixty five years since the beginning of the baby boom, as this generation ... -
The Decomposition of Leaf Litter in Litter Traps: Implications on Forest Biogeochemical Cycling
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-26)This research evaluates the decomposition of leaf litter while in litter traps. More specifically this study asks, ‘Does sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.), American basswood (Tilia Americana L.) and American beech (Fagus ... -
Democratic Self-Determination in Nunavut: Representation, Reciprocity and Mineral Development
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-02)Inuit exercise a significant degree of self-determination in Nunavut through the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement, particularly in the area of non-renewable resource development. Self-determination is linked to both Inuit and ... -
Do Green Buildings Capture Higher Market-Values and Prices? A Case-Study of LEED and BOMA-BEST Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-11)It is becoming increasingly clear that as the pressures of climate change increase around the world, all nations must strive to lower their carbon footprint through conservation. In our society, the buildings sectors impose ... -
Do landscape and patch spatial variables predict the presence of non-indigenous plant species?
(University of Waterloo, 2009-12-22)Studies in the fields of invasion and landscape ecology suggest that there is certainly a spatial component to the spread and establishment of exotic plant species. An understanding of how patch dynamics affects the dispersal ... -
The Duty to Consult and Environmental Assessments: A Study of Mining Cases from across Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-01)In 2004, two pivotal court cases, Haida First Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests) and Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia (Project Assessment Director), were heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. ... -
The Early Post-restoration Population Dynamics and Community Interactions of a Former Agricultural Field in the Carolinian Canada Life Zone
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)Monitoring ecological restoration at the community scale provides insight into how the population dynamics and community interactions are progressing through time in comparison to a restoration’s goals and reference ... -
The Ecological Economics of Resilience: Designing a Safe-Fail Civilization
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)There is mounting evidence that sustainable scale thresholds are now being exceeded worldwide and environmental resource shocks (e.g. climate change, water and oil shortages) may be inevitable in some regions of the world ... -
The Effect of Electricity-Use Feedback on Residential Consumption: A Case Study of Customers with Smart Meters in Milton, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-20)Faced with a looming electricity crisis, the provincial government is calling for Ontarians to adopt a “culture of conservation”, and is planning to equip all residential dwellings with new metering infrastructure known ... -
The Effects of Nitrogen-Enriched Biochar on Maize (Zea mays) Productivity and Soil Organic Carbon
(University of Waterloo, 2011-10-28)Loss of soil organic carbon (SOC) resulting from intensive agriculture practices has impacts on both climate change, through emissions of greenhouse gases, as well as food security because of declines in soil fertility. A ... -
Efficiency Options for a Focus Company: Comparison and Analysis of Potential Industrial Ecology and In-House Process Change Initiatives
(University of Waterloo, 2015-03-24)Industrial ecology is a popular option in the literature for improving the efficiency of industrial facilities, most notably through the eco-industrial park (EIP) concept. Relatively little attention has been paid to overall ...