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Vadose zone flow patterns and their implications for sodium transport and aquifer recharge in a reclaimed fen watershed in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)The reclaimed Nikanotee Fen watershed consists of an upland tailings sand aquifer, capped with a finer soil cover (LFH-mineral mix, or LFH) to support vegetation, that supplies groundwater to a low-lying fen peatland. ... -
Validating CloudSat-CPR retrievals for the estimation of snow accumulation in the Canadian Arctic
(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 ... -
Validation of precipitation phase estimates from CloudSat-CPR across Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Snow is an important component of the global climate system with significant impacts on local weather, fresh water resources, and energy balance in high latitude cold countries. Therefore precise snowfall monitoring is ... -
Vegetation Response to Climate Change in North American National Parks: Policy & Management Implications
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-28)Climate change is no longer debated in the context of whether or not it is occurring, but rather in the context of how rapid and extensive that change will be. This is the global situation to which the biomes of national ... -
Vernacular Knowledge and Water Management - Towards the Integration of Expert Science and Local Knowledge in Ontario, Canada
(Water Alternatives Association, 2015-10)Complex environmental problems cannot be solved using expert science alone. Rather, these kinds of problems benefit from problem-solving processes that draw on ‘vernacular’ knowledge. Vernacular knowledge integrates expert ... -
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 ... -
Volunteered Drone Imagery: Challenges and constraints to the development of an open shared image repository
(2017-01-04)Orthorectified imagery is valuable for a wide range of initiatives including environmental change detection, planning, and disaster response. Obtaining aerial imagery at high temporal and spatial scale has traditionally ... -
Vulnerability Assessment of Rural Communities in Southern Saskatchewan
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Water resources in Canada are of major environmental, social and economic value. It is expected that climate change will be accompanied by more intense competition for water supply in water-stressed agricultural areas such ... -
Vulnerability to Climate Related Events: A Case Study of the Homeless Population in Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-24)Waterloo Region (population 470,000) is the eleventh largest urban region in Canada (2006 Census tract). Within this region, in 2007, 2,831 homeless people defined as commonly living or sleeping in indoor or outdoor spaces ... -
Water Conservation in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, and the Proposed Pipeline
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-17)The Region of Waterloo relies on groundwater for 80% of the water supplied to its growing population. Ontario’s Places to Grow Act (2005) designates the Region as a growth corridor, and over the next 20 years, significant ... -
Water Governance and Pollution Control in Peri-Urban Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: The Challenges Facing Farmers and Opportunities for Change
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-11)Encompassing both urban and rural processes, the peri-urban interface (PUI) provides a unique and challenging arena for environmental management. As the urban core expands, the PUI industrializes and urbanizes, undergoing ... -
Water Use on Ontario Golf Courses
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-21)The golf industry is an important sector of the recreation and tourism economy in Canada. In 2009, the Canadian golf industry generated an estimated total direct economic activity of CND$29.4 billion dollars and created ... -
Watershed Indicators: Contributions of the public to customize a generic index to local needs
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)The purpose of this research is to examine the ways in which public contributions, as part of a larger public participation program, can shape the use of the Canadian Water Sustainability Index (CWSI) and increase its ... -
“We need very fluid leadership - people who can share power”: Climate change adaptation leadership lessons from the Atlantic Region of Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-24)Evidence-based insights on leadership practice are needed to support climate change adaptation. Climate change adaptation leadership is systematically investigated in Canada using a regional case study approach involving ... -
Weather and Camping in Ontario Parks
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-16)Climate and weather have a major influence over seasonality in nature-based tourism by determining the availability and quality of certain outdoor recreational activities (Butler, 2001). Climate and weather act as central ... -
Weather and Climate for Coastal Tourism
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)Weather and climate serve as an important travel motivator, influencing destination choice, the timing of travel, travel expenditures and overall trip satisfaction. Climatic resources are a defining factor in destination ... -
Weaving and identity of the Atayal in Wulai, Taiwan
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)Using a feminist approach in a postcolonial setting, the interactions between weaving, identity, gender, tourism development, and post-colonial history are explored. This ethnographic research is focused on the indigenous ... -
Web GIS Tools for Crime Mapping in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-25)The field of crime mapping has an extensive history, yet it has managed to remain an effective tool for policing even in modern times. This success can be attributed in part to the field’s willingness to adapt to newer ... -
A Web of Expectations: Evolving Relationships in Community Participatory Geoweb Projects.
(2015)New forms of participatory online geospatial technology have the potential to support citizen engagement in governance and community development. The mechanisms of this contribution have predominantly been cast in the ... -
Wet Snow Mapping in Southern Ontario with Sentinel-1A Observations
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-30)Wet snow is defined as snow with liquid water present in an ice-water mix. It can be an indicator for the onset of the snowmelt period. Knowledge about the extent of wet snow area can be of great importance for the monitoring ...