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Investigation of multi-criteria decision analysis approaches for agricultural decision-making in southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-26)Land-use and land-cover change has significant impact on the Earth’s ecosystems and global carbon cycle, which calls for well-planned land management strategies. This study presented a multi-criteria decision analysis ... -
An Investigation of the Abundance and Key Habitat Parameters of the Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica) in an Eastern Ontario Bay - A Baseline Study
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-16)This study assessed the principles of ecosystem management and utilized the Northern Map turtle, a species at risk, as a key indicator species to illustrate the importance of preserving riparian habitats and island complexes ... -
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, ... -
The Involvement of Business Improvement Areas in Tourism: An Exploratory Study of Ontario BIAs
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-13)Local festivals and cultural events, signage and streetscape improvements, and regional marketing efforts indicate that tourism is present in some Business Improvement Areas (BIAs). However, the extent and form of this ... -
Is competition sufficient to drive observed retail location and revenue patterns? An agent-based case study.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-20)Agent-based models (ABMs) have been widely used to represent and investigate complex systems and are a contemporary modelling approach used in the study of land-use and land-cover change. While many ABMs have been constructed ... -
Is Tourism the Solution to Rural Decline? Evaluating the "Promise of Rural Tourism" to Close the Gap between Rhetoric and Practice
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-03)Rural areas across the developed world have encountered economic decline due to trends of industrialisation and urbanisation (Lane, 1994). The damaging effects of the declining economy have persuaded governments to recognize ... -
Land cover change analysis of Big Creek conservation area with satellite remote sensing
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-20)Due to the relatively complex land cover configuration and a series of significant ecological implications, the issue of land cover changes in the Big Creek area are of critical value to environmental conservation groups, ... -
Land Cover Change and Climate on the North American Great Plains
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Changing land cover from prairie grasslands to intensive, primarily cereal agriculture, over the North American Great Plains since the mid-19th century, has had a hydrological and climatological impact on that ecosystem ... -
Land Disturbance Extraction in Alberta Oil Sands Satellite Imagery
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-10)Tracking and mapping land disturbances from oil and gas development are critical to environmental assessments and land reclamation. Manual extraction of land disturbances is costly, time-consuming, and requires updating ... -
Land Use Change and Economic Opportunity in Amazonia: An Agent-based Model
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)Economic changes such as rising açaí prices and the availability of off-farm employment are transforming the landscape of the Amazonian várzea, subject to decision-making at the farming household level. Land use change ... -
Landscape analysis & boundary detection of bog peatlands’ transition to mineral land: The laggs of the eastern New Brunswick Lowlands, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-29)The wet zone – the lagg – that tends to form at the edge of ombrotrophic peatlands is believed to play an important role in promoting and maintaining the health of bog systems. The lagg is well-recognized by peatland ... -
Landslide Geoanalytics Using LiDAR-derived Digital Elevation Models
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-24)Landslides are natural hazards that contribute to tremendous economic loss and result in fatalities if there is no well-prepared mitigation and planning. Assessing landslide hazard and optimizing quality to improve ... -
Last but not least: Resettlement as a climate change adaptation strategy in Metro Manila, Philippines
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-21)Abstract The severity of climatic changes threatening urban coastal areas is introducing and intensifying environmental hazards that are endangering physical safety and livelihood security. The Philippines, and the ... -
Learning to labor in high-technology: experiences of overwork in university internships at digital media firms in North America
(Taylor & Francis, 2022)Long working hours have become a normal and expected characteristic of employment in many sectors in the Global North. In this paper I examine subjective and affective experiences of overwork that define students’ discussions ... -
Legacy Forest Harvesting Impacts on Phosphorus Transport Dynamics in Hardwood Dominated Canadian Shield Catchments: Evaluating Changing Source Availability and Source Channel Connectivity
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-08)Forests are critical to the safe provision of drinking water across the globe and provide over 4.1 trillion USD per year in savings to drinking water treatment costs. These supplies are threatened by climate change-exacerbated ... -
Lest the Taps Run Dry: Urban Infrastructure, Water Demands and Drought
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-05)Hydrologically-driven urban water shortage situations (urban droughts) are becoming increasingly widespread under the combined forces of urbanization and global climate change. Canadian cities are not exempted from these ... -
Line-based deep learning method for tree branch detection from digital images
(Elsevier, 2022-06)Preventive maintenance of power lines, including cutting and pruning of tree branches, is essential to avoid interruptions in the energy supply. Automatic methods can support this risky task and also reduce time consuming. ... -
Linking Services to Material Stocks: A GIS-based material stock-service analysis from island and city perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Recent years have seen a growing interest in sustainable development and the shift towards a more resource efficient economy. The concept of “social metabolism” views a socioeconomic system as a system of material throughput. ... -
Lived Experiences of the Trails: Perspectives from Three Southwestern Ontario Trail Organizations
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-16)The purpose of this qualitative thesis is to describe the common elements of sense of place in the lived experiences of volunteer trail managers. Through a triangulation of data gathered from secondary research, interviews ... -
Local controls on tree seedling growth following mounding on peatland seismic lines in Brazeau County and Lac La Biche, Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-22)Seismic lines in boreal peatlands are struggling to restore native canopy level vegetation. Mounding is a common restoration method that provides an advantageous growing environment for native tree seedlings. Although many ...