Browsing Environment, Enterprise and Development by Type "Doctoral Thesis"
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An analysis of Canadian young adults’ eating behaviours towards sustainable food choices
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-21)Human health has always been a major concern when it comes to policy design, decision-making, and planning. However, in recent years and with ideas about sustainability gaining traction, planetary health has also been ... -
Improving Organizational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA) through a Hospital Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-03)In this thesis, I advance methods and data for organizational life cycle assessment (O-LCA) through a novel application that supports sustainability management in healthcare. In essence, the term sustainability management ... -
Investing for climate action: The role of capital markets in enabling a low-carbon transition
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Economies around the world face a stark choice – to bolster fossil fuel production and face climate catastrophe or to keep fossil fuels in the ground and face trillions in potential asset stranding. Capital markets, as ... -
Is Revenue Sharing Real Reconciliation? Recognizing the role of Indigenous law and governance in British Columbia Crown forestry agreements
(University of Waterloo, 2023-07-27)From the banning of cultural protocols to the installation of assimilation and genocidal tactics, Indigenous law and governance within communities throughout British Columbia have experienced tremendous hardship and ... -
Islands at Risk - Analyzing Resource-use Dynamics from a Socio-metabolic Research Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-19)Our resource-use dynamics have contributed significantly to the improvement in global material standards of living through the provisioning of essential societal services. Nonetheless, these dynamics have also impacted on ... -
Redefining Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) World
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-23)In a paradigm characterized by unprecedented levels of transparency and business risks, CSR reporting standards have gained substantial power in their ability to drive organizations towards more sustainable business ... -
Social-ecological systems analysis of the dried fish value chain for community wellbeing in the Bay of Bengal coast of Odisha and West Bengal, India
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-28)Small-scale fisheries (SSF) support over 90 percent of the 120 million people engaged in fisheries globally. Dried fish is an important sub-sector of SSF, which is characterized by the declining social, economic, and ... -
Success and failure in social marketing programs: A qualitative exploration
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)The world is facing a number of complex, interconnected crises that require rapid social transformation. Social change approaches such as social marketing have a role to play in this transformation. In order to strengthen ... -
Sustainable Urban Development - a Nexus of Understanding, Methodology, and Governance
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-19)Sustainability management requires facing tradeoffs between socioeconomic and environmental objectives, while integrating contextual variations into strategic and business goals to create a win-win situation. However, ... -
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 ...