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Supporting Environmental Stewardship and Livelihood Benefits in Ontario's Greenbelt: Assessing the Potential Contribution of the Alternative Land Use Services Program
(University of Waterloo, 2008-11-27)Ontario’s Greenbelt is key to the region’s sustainability and plays an important role in stopping urban sprawl, preserving agricultural land and maintaining ecological goods and services. However, there have been concerns ... -
Surveying Local Community Members on the Viability of Mitigating Anemia in Ica, Peru, through School Gardening
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-27)Anemia remains one of Peru’s most pressing public health issues, affecting a significant proportion of the country’s population. The disease’s impacts on the physiological and cognitive development of young children affected ... -
Sustainability and Indigenous Interests in Regional Land Use Planning: Case Study of the Peel Watershed Process in Yukon, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)Canada’s northern territories, including the Yukon, are facing significant social, economic, political and ecological change. Devolution processes and comprehensive land claim agreements with self-governing First Nations ... -
SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT AND INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT: THE ELECTRICITY SYSTEM IN DALIAN, CHINA
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Electricity is used all over the world as a basic source of energy, essential for lighting, powering basic appliances and tools, as well as many other technologies important for today's societies. Electricity is produced, ... -
Sustainability assessment of energy systems
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-22)This research project set out to develop and apply a framework for assessing how energy systems may be structured to help society progress towards sustainability. The general intent was to outline a way to decide upon the ... -
Sustainability-Based Framework Development and Specification for Coal Phase-out Policy: Just Transition and Sustainability Requirements in the Canadian Context
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)Following the Paris Agreement and the commitment to the NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) by its members, Canada has reinforced the engagement with a decrease of fossil fuel consumption through a federal policy ... -
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 ... -
Sustainable Food Security for Local Communities in the Globalized Era: a Comparative Examination of Brazilian and Canadian Case Studies
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-13)In a world where food production is sufficient to feed everyone, more than 850 million people live in conditions of undernourishment, hunger, or starvation. Much of the problem lies in the current dynamics of the global ... -
Sustainable Foodscapes: Obtaining Food within Resilient Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-26)This thesis examines the feasibility of fostering “sustainable foodscapes” in urban communities. A review of the literature on the topics of sustainability, resilience, sustainable food security, and healthy communities ... -
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 ... -
Systematic Review of Practice Facilitation and Evaluation of a Chronic Illness Care Management Tailored Outreach Facilitation Intervention for Rural Primary Care Physicians
(University of Waterloo, 2009-03-25)Nearly two decades of research on translating evidence-based care guidelines into practice has resulted in a considerable body of primary and secondary evidence about guideline implementation strategies and the individual, ... -
Taking the Pulse of Canada's Industrial Food System
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-31)In the context of catastrophic climate change, reducing climate implications of food systems is a central challenge. Shifting diets away from meat towards protein-rich pulses reduces climate change-related pressures while ... -
Temporal Variation in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Among Four Different Riparian Land-use Types in Southern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-13)Forested riparian buffers (RBs) provide various environmental services, such as reducing streambank erosion and sedimentation, creating wildlife habitat, enhancing carbon (C) sequestration, enhancing streamside microclimate, ... -
Tenant perceptions of drifting environmental tobacco smoke in multi-unit dwellings
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-20)Background and Objectives: Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is widely recognized as a serious health hazard. No safe level of exposure to ETS has been identified (USDHHS, 2006; WHO, 2007). The importance of smoke-free ... -
Testing the application of a community resilience assessment: a case study of the Town of Huntsville, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-22)This research explored the application of a resilience assessment (RA) template in an Ontario community to facilitate sustainable community planning. Research and application of sustainable community planning that incorporates ... -
Testing the Effectiveness of Citizen Science Using a Volunteer Butterfly Monitoring Program
(University of Waterloo, 2014-02-20)An increasingly popular method of collecting scientific data is to use citizen scientists in community-based monitoring programs. Numerous formal and community-based monitoring programs use butterflies as indicator species ... -
Testing the existence and extent of impacts of double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) nesting on three islands in Lake Erie
(University of Waterloo, 2009-07-14)Abstract Managing protected areas requires consideration of broad scale social, ecological and in some cases, political factors. Additionally, the impacts of hyperabundant species is often a concern in protected areas ... -
"They Thought I was Just Joking About It": Experiences and Perceptions of Food Allergy in New Canadians from Asia
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-06)Perceived increased prevalence and levels of awareness of food allergy has become a global phenomenon, making it a major public health concern. Although little is known about its etiology or prevalence, substantial variation ... -
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 ... -
The ties that bind: Connections, patterns, and possibilities for marine protected areas
(University of Waterloo, 2015-11-30)The purpose of this doctoral research is to characterize and assess how social networks enhance and inhibit the governance of marine protected areas (MPAs). Specifically, I examine the structure and function of multiple ...