• Activating Values to Enhance e-Participation in Environmental Decision-making 

  Philpot, Simone (University of Waterloo, 2019-07-26)

  A participatory modeling approach is designed to connect citizens and decision-makers during the selection of the most appropriate alternative solution to an environmental project based on user values systems. First, a ...

• Engaging beyond the meter: Encouraging residential energy management using smart grid tools 

  Lazowski, Bronwyn (University of Waterloo, 2019-07-15)

  With scientists around the world indicating a brief window of opportunity for reducing irreversible climate change impacts, the time has never been more pressing for sustainability transitions (IPCC, 2018). The role of ...

• Quantifying coniferous subalpine tree transpiration and source water under seasonal and hydrological stress in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Kananaskis, Alberta 

  Langs, Lindsey (University of Waterloo, 2019-06-04)

  Fresh water supplies in mountainous regions are at risk as snow and ice stores continue to decline under rising global temperatures, earlier winter snowmelt and changing climate regimes. Alpine forests are of particular ...

• Validating CloudSat-CPR retrievals for the estimation of snow accumulation in the Canadian Arctic 

  King, Fraser (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-31)

  Snow is a critical contributor to our global water and energy budget, with profound impacts for water resource availability, snow albedo feedback and flooding in cold regions. The vast size and remote nature of the Arctic ...

• Intra-urban agriculture in Nanjing, China: Practices, motivations, and challenges 

  Luehr, Geoffrey (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-24)

  China has experienced strong economic growth in the last three decades through urbanization and economic transitions. However, increasing population and rapid urbanization have resulted in profound social, economic, and ...

• Characterizing the immiscible transport properties of diesel and water in peat soil 

  Gharedaghloo, Behrad; Price, Jonathan S. (Elsevier, 2019-02-01)

  Extensive pipeline and railway corridors crossing Canadian peatlands make them vulnerable to hydrocarbon spills, potentially impairing ecosystem health, so it is important to be able to forecast hydrocarbon fate and transport ...

• Sounding the alarm: Is the Sri Lankan tourism sector prepared for climate change? 

  Tam, Sarah (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-17)

  The United Nations has concluded that climate change is unequivocal and without a rapid decarbonization of the global economy there will be risks of severe, pervasive, and irreversible impacts. The World Bank also emphasized ...

• The influence of winter time boreal forest tree transmissivity on tree emission and passive microwave snow observations 

  Li, Qinghuan (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-17)

  Forest cover significantly attenuates natural upwelling ground microwave emission from seasonal terrestrial snow. This presents a major challenge for the accurate retrieval of snow from airborne or spaceborne passive ...

• Exploring perceptions of National wellbeing: links between inequalities, health, and wellbeing in Ghana 

  Kangmennaang, Joseph (University of Waterloo, 2019-05-17)

  We live in a world currently faced by unprecedented social and environmental changes (WEF, 2017). In the face of such rapid change, it is becoming difficult to understand what population wellbeing might mean as well as the ...

• Microclimatic Effects of Forest to Peatland Transitions Within the Boreal Plains 

  Green, Adam (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

  Peatlands cover approximately 50% of the total landscape of the Western Boreal Forest, which includes the sub-humid Boreal Plains (BP) ecozone. The BP experiences persistent water deficit conditions, promoting anaerobic ...

• Extraction of Digital Terrain Models from Airborne Laser Scanning Data based on Transfer-Learning 

  Ye, Weiya (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

  With the rapid urbanization, timely and comprehensive urban thematic and topographic information is highly needed. Digital Terrain Models (DTMs), as one of unique urban topographic information, directly affect subsequent ...

• Building Detection from Very High Resolution Remotely Sensed Imagery Using Deep Neural Networks 

  Chen, Mengge (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

  The past decades have witnessed a significant change in human societies with a fast pace and rapid urbanization. The boom of urbanization is contributed by the influx of people to the urban area and comes with building ...

• Estimating PM2.5 Concentrations Using 3 KM MODIS AOD Products: A Case Study in British Columbia, Canada 

  Gu, Yue (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

  PM2.5 refers to fine particles with diameters smaller than 2.5 μm. The rising level of PM2.5 reveals adverse effects on climate change, economic losses, international conflicts, and public health. Exposure to the high level ...

• Snow Properties Retrieval Using Passive Microwave Observations 

  Saberi, Nastaran (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)

  Seasonal snow cover, the second-largest component of the cryosphere, is crucial in controlling the climate system, through its important role in modifying Earth’s albedo. The temporal variability of snow extent and its ...

• Exploring Health and Wellbeing in a Low-to-Middle Income Country: A Case Study of Kenya 

  Onyango, Elizabeth (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-15)

  The recent past has witnessed an increased interest in the concept of wellbeing both in academia and public policy. Governments and international organizations have developed a policy agenda with the broad goal of improving ...

• Evaluating parameter fitting and model design for unsaturated processes in peatlands 

  Elliott, James (University of Waterloo, 2019-04-08)

  Growing Sphagnum moss for peatland restoration and fibre farming requires the proper moisture regime be maintained; thus, there is a desire to optimize growth by creating ideal hydrological conditions. Sphagnum mosses have ...

• Organic matter decomposition at a constructed fen in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region in Alberta, Canada 

  Coulas, Matthew (University of Waterloo, 2019-03-13)

  Resource mining and extraction in northern Alberta has resulted in substantial disturbances across a variety of ecosystems, including fen peatlands. Provincial regulations require companies to reclaim disturbed areas to ...

• The feasibility of field based mechanical compression to reduce the capillary barrier effect and increase CO2 sequestration in a restored cutover peatland 

  Gauthier, Tasha-Leigh (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-28)

  Ten years after restoration was implemented at the Bois-des-Bel peatland (BdB) in Quebec, there was limited hydrological connectivity between the regenerated Sphagnum moss and the remnant cutover peat due to the formation ...

• Deeper Burning Increases Available Phosphorus, Promotes Moss Growth, and Carbon Dioxide Uptake in a Fen Peatland One-Year Post-Wildfire in Fort McMurray, AB 

  van Beest, Christine (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)

  Carbon storage in northern peatlands is estimated to be ~795 Tg, equivalent to ~40% of atmospheric CO2. Peatlands are dominant features of the Western Boreal Plains (WBP), which are experiencing a regime shift to a ...

• Climate Change Vulnerability of St Lucia Tourism 

  Sutton, Megan (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)

  The UN IPCC reports that global annual average temperature has increased by approximately 1°C since the pre-industrial era, and projects that it will rise up to 5.7°C by 2100, depending on the emissions scenario, leading ...

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