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The Agency of Infrastructure: A Critical Acquisition Framework for Understanding Infrastructure Development within Inequitable Societies
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)Infrastructure development is a topic that has occupied a noble niche within development thinking since the middle of the twentieth century. However, despite over half a century of research concerning infrastructure ... -
Agrarian transition and peri-urban land use change in a mid-sized city of Vietnam
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-23)In developing countries, land management, government intervention in peri-urban land, and the striking decline of agricultural land have all affected farmers’ livelihoods and the capacity of locally supplied food for ... -
The Agricultural Community and its Contribution to Collaborative Environmental Problem-Solving
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-23)Collaboration has been proposed as an inclusive forum for bringing together state and non-state stakeholders to deliberate and negotiate solutions to complex environmental problems. A key aspect of collaborative approaches ... -
Agriculture and Tourism Development: The Case of St. Kitts
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-23)In 2005, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis officially closed the sugar industry, ending mono-crop agriculture and opening a space for a new chosen economic driver, tourism. Newly available lands, an agricultural- based ... -
Alternative Food Networks and Rural Development Initiatives in China: Characterization, Contestations and Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-08)Agrifood studies have examined the alternativeness, embeddedness and ‘transformative potential’ of various alternative food networks (AFNs) in developed market economies from sociological and geographical perspectives. ... -
Alternative Food Networks with Chinese Characteristics
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-18)Scholars studying Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have struggled with the question of whether these initiatives are a type of entertainment for a few middle class consumers, or the part of a political struggle to configure ... -
Amplifying “Keep It in the Ground” First-Movers: Toward a Comparative Framework
(Society & Natural Resources, 2020-06-17)This article offers a framework for analyzing and extending the recent wave of national “keep it in the ground” (KIIG) bans on fossil fuel exploration and production. We situate this discussion in new theoretical work on ... -
Analysis of An Urban Food System Through the Lens of Multi-level Governance: A Case Study of Mzuzu, Malawi
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-02)Urban food systems exist in a paradox – there are large amounts of available food, as well as hungry people. Urban governments are often held responsible for food insecurity in their jurisdiction, however the governance ... -
Analytical Approach for Modeling of Multi Well CO2 Injection
(Elsevier, 2016-11-14)Disposal of carbon dioxide (CO2) into underground geological formations is considered a viable strategy for the mitigation of global warming. It aims to reduce greenhouse gases emitted from point sources such as power ... -
Analyzing Government Use of GitHub for Collaboration: An Empirical Approach to Measuring Open Government and Open Collaboration
(University of Waterloo, 2020-02-21)The way government organizations collaborate on developing computer software has significantly changed with the use of the Internet. GitHub, an online platform that hosts computer software and provides project management ... -
Analyzing pan-Arctic 1982–2006 trends in temperature and bioclimatological indicators (productivity, phenology and vegetation indices) using remote sensing, model and field data
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-31)Warming induced changes in Arctic vegetation have to date been studied through observational and experimental field studies, leaving significant uncertainty about the representativeness of selected field sites as well ... -
Analyzing the impacts of road construction on the development of a poor fen in Northeastern Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-25)Linear disturbances such as powerline rights of way, seismic lines and roads are common in areas of intensive resource development. Roads that bisect wetlands can alter their hydrologic connectivity on a local or landscape ... -
Analyzing the influence of environmental conditions and anthropogenic disturbance on Picea mariana xylem traits in boreal peatlands of northern Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-27)In the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR), wetlands dominate 55 500 km2 (54%) of the landscape despite its subhumid climate and prevailing moisture deficits. The variability and complexity of the AOSR landscape has allowed ... -
Annual carbon balance of a peatland 10 yr following restoration
(Copernicus Publications, 2013-05-02)Undisturbed peatlands represent long-term net sinks of carbon; however, peat extraction converts these systems into large and persistent sources of greenhouse gases. Although rewetting and restoration following peat ... -
Application of GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry for Lake Ice Studies
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-20)This thesis examines the use of Global Navigation Satellite System Interferometric Reflectometry (GNSS-IR) for the study of lake ice with a particular focus on the estimation of ice thickness. Experiments were conducted ... -
Application of Integrated Sustainability-based Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): a Case Study of the Master Planning Process in Dalian, China
(University of Waterloo, 2008-10-27)Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) has gained increasing prominence as a means of accommodating the goals of sustainability in development planning since the 1990s. However, SEA faces considerable difficulties before ... -
The Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Improving Modeling the Response of Wetland Vegetation Communities to Water Level Fluctuations at Long Point, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)Coastal wetlands are complex and dynamic environments which are of high environmental, social, and economic importance. With the acceleration of climate change and global warming, it is necessary to monitor and protect ... -
Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Planning for Pedestrian Trail Bridges in Nepal
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-10)Rural accessibility is a pressing issue in many parts of the world. Improved geographical accessibility to basic social service facilities for rural populations is a goal of most governments in developing countries. ... -
Assessing Consistency of Scenarios Across Scales Developing globally linked internally consistent scenarios under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways framework
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-02)In global environmental change research, anticipating the implications of large-scale environmental changes on local development is an important endeavour for mitigating and adapting to difficult challenges. Researchers ... -
Assessing hydrometeorological controls on subalpine plant community evapotranspiration and evaluating the METRIC method using high-resolution UAV imagery in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-06)Subalpine wetlands in the Canadian Rocky Mountains function as buffers for snowmelt runoff towards downstream systems and communities. However, hydrological regimes are changing rapidly in these ecosystems due to climate ...