Geography and Environmental Management
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Department of Geography and Environmental Management .
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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"What the mind does not know, the eyes do not see": understanding the emerging health risk of food allergy in Ghana
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-21)The epidemiologic transition demonstrates a relationship between infectious disease decline and the rise of chronic disease. In many developed countries, as rates of infectious disease fell from the 19th century, several ... -
Semi-automated Generation of Road Transition Lines Using Mobile Laser Scanning Data
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-18)Recent advances in autonomous vehicles (AVs) are exponential. Prominent car manufacturers, academic institutions, and corresponding governmental departments around the world are taking active roles in the AV industry. ... -
climate-induced environmental change and the future of tourism at the Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)Nature-based tourism is an important element of the tourism industry in North America and a sizeable share occurs in national parks located in the mountainous regions of western Canada and the United States. However, the ... -
Recognizing Features in Mobile Laser Scanning Point Clouds Towards 3D High-definition Road Maps for Autonomous Vehicles
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-29)The sensors mounted on a driverless vehicle are not always reliable for precise localization and navigation. By comparing the real-time sensory data with a priori map, the autonomous navigation system can transform the ... -
Generation of Horizontally Curved Driving Lines for Autonomous Vehicles Using Mobile Laser Scanning Data
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-24)The development of autonomous vehicle desiderates tremendous advances in three-dimensional (3D) high-definition roadmaps. These roadmaps are capable of providing 3D positioning information with 10-to-20 cm accuracy. With ... -
Using a hierarchy of climate models to investigate snow processes influencing surface albedo
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-16)Northern Hemisphere (NH) extratropical land has experienced dramatic warming over the past century, a trend that is expected to continue in the coming decades. There is however, significant uncertainty surrounding projections ... -
Deep Residual Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2017-07-25)Deep neural networks can learn deep feature representation for hyperspectral image (HSI) interpretation and achieve high classification accuracy in different datasets. However, counterintuitively, the classification ... -
Understanding Youth Transition as 'Becoming': Identity, Time and Futurity
(Elsevier, 2009-11-01)Drawing on recent work in psychology, philosophy, and youth geographies, this article responds to calls for theoretical rigour in children's geographies by developing the concept of becoming for youth transitions research. ... -
The Significance of the Personal within Disability Geography
(Wiley, 2008-09-01)Drawing on in-depth qualitative data, this article critically examines disability geography as a subfield where the personal is highly valued. The value and the risks inherent in this personal approach will be evaluated, ... -
Feeling Precarious: Millennial Women and Work
(Sage, 2015-12-18)In Precarious Life (2004), Judith Butler writes about how a shared sense of fear and vulnerability opens the possibility of recognizing interdependency. This is a wider understanding of precarity than is often present in ... -
Visual Impairment in the City: Young People's Social Strategies for Independent Mobility
(Sage, 2013-02-01)This article examines the mobility strategies that visually impaired (VI) young people employ as they negotiate their daily lives in the city. In contrast to research which foregrounds difficulties navigating the built ... -
Who we are at Work: Millennial Women, Everyday Inequalities and Insecure Work
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-09-01)Based on research with millennial women in Canada, this article examines the process of workplace identity, or (un)conscious strategies of identity management that young women employ at work. First, despite increasing ... -
Disabling cities
(Oxford University Press, 2017-01-13)Geographic research on disability and cities is wide-ranging and encompasses the lives of people dealing with disability, physical impairment, and issues of mental ill health. This chapter focuses on what makes cities more ... -
The effects of Eriophorum vaginatum on N2O fluxes at a restored, extracted peatland
(Elsevier, 2017-09)Restoration of extracted horticultural peatlands commonly includes distribution of vegetation and propagules from 10 nearby undisturbed sites over the recently-exposed surface. The resulting growth includes both mosses and ... -
An Investigation of the Relationship between Crime and Reported Incidents and the Built and Natural Environment in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-30)In the study of crime and geography, many studies have investigated the spatial relationship between crime and the built and natural environment. However, these studies usually focus on specific environmental characteristics, ... -
Evaluation of safety effects of roundabouts in the Region of Waterloo: inclement weather and conversion
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-19)Roundabouts, as a form of intersection traffic control, significantly improve safety and efficiency. In Canada, the benefits of roundabouts have drawn growing interest, and roundabouts are being constructed increasingly ... -
Gamification in a Volunteered Geographic Information context with regard to contributors' motivations: A case study of OpenStreetMap
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-27)Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) describes a new type of spatial information created by the public voluntarily (Goodchild, 2007). However, many questions persist about the quality of VGI, due to a lack of knowledge ... -
Exploring Branding Opportunities for the Ecolodge Market
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-24)The focus of this thesis is on the development of a brand strategy for mid-scale ecolodge businesses. This is an important area of concern within the ecolodge industry as there is no system in place to recognize quality ... -
Using network analysis to explore the effects of road network on traffic congestion and retail store sales
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-21)The physical road system plays a critical role in environmental and city planning. In the context of retail store site-selection, measures of accessibility and the ease and willingness of consumers to shop at a store can ... -
Responses of carbon dioxide flux and plant biomass to water table drawdown in a treed peatland in northern Alberta: a climate change perspective
(European Geosciences Union, 2014-02-11)Northern peatland ecosystems represent large carbon (C) stocks that are susceptible to changes such as accelerated mineralization due to water table lowering expected under a climate change scenario. During the growing ...
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