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Phosphorus Responses to Soil Moisture in Southern Ontario Agricultural Soil
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-29)Agricultural landscapes are known to increase phosphorus (P) losses to waterways, contributing to the eutrophication of freshwater surface water bodies. In cold agricultural regions, the nongrowing season drives annual P ... -
Photogrammetry in Mediterranean Archaeology
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-29)Digital photogrammetry has progressed to a level at which it no longer requires expensive equipment or significant training in order to produce professional results. In the field of Mediterranean archaeology requirements ... -
Place-Based Experiences in the Work Environment During the Menopausal Transition: A Case Study of Canadian Physiotherapists
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-17)Background: The global workforce is aging, with increasing numbers of employees experiencing the transition to menopause. This transition to menopause, known as perimenopause, involves hormonal changes with secondary ... -
Political feasibility of 1.5°C societal transformations: the role of social justice
(Elsevier, 2018-04-01)Constraining global climate change to 1.5°C is commonly understood to require urgent and deep societal transformations. Yet such transformations are not always viewed as politically feasible; finding ways to enhance the ... -
Post-disaster Opportunities: An Assessment of Reconstruction Activities following the 1999 Debris Flows in Vargas State, Venezuela
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-30)Disaster impacts have grown significantly in the last half century. Additionally, in 2007 the number of urban residents surpassed that of rural populations generating a struggle for resources, inevitably leading to increased ... -
Potential and Observed Release of Phosphorus from Crop Residue and Cover Crops Over the Non-growing Season in a Cool Temperate Region
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-11)Maintaining crop residue or cover crops on fields during winter is a recommended Best Management Practice (BMP) in temperate regions. However, losses of phosphorus (P) to runoff have been attributed to vegetation following ... -
Preferential flowpaths and fertilizer placement influence subsurface P transport across soil textures and seasonal conditions
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-14)Agricultural tile drains are a source of phosphorus (P) contributing to eutrophication. Preferential flowpaths can rapidly transport P to tile drains, but their activation in different soil textures and under variable ... -
Preferential recharge in a reclaimed tailings sand upland: Implications on solute flushing
(Elsevier, 2021-12)Study region: A peatland watershed was constructed on a post-mined oil sands lease in Northern Alberta, Canada, with the intention of replicating the function of natural wetlands removed by surface mining. Study focus: ... -
Pregnancy intention and gestational age at first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Rwanda
(Elsevier, 2019-01-01)Background With antenatal care (ANC) coverage now widely seen as a success story in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), attention has begun to shift towards exploring the full life-saving potential that ANC holds. Objectives This ... -
Preservation and Development at the Great Wall World Heritage Sites, China
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)Heritage preservation and tourism development are inevitably intertwined at heritage sites. The relationships between tourism use and the preservation of heritage resources are characterized by both symbioses and tension ... -
Progressing Towards Understanding Water Use Efficiency in Southern, Ontario Canada: Quantifying Water Use Efficiency Metrics (WUE) and Investigating Soil and Plant Physiology Influences on WUE
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-14)Climate change, and corresponding temperature increases of 1.4 - 4.8 ºC by the end of the century, are expected to cause shifts in agricultural production. Additionally, shifts in precipitation patterns are expected to ... -
Projected and Perceived Destination Images of Qingdao, China
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)The images of tourist destinations significantly influence travel choices. Accordingly, destination marketers make great efforts to inform their potential consumers about their destinations using deliberately designed ... -
Projected implications of climate change for rainfall-related crash risk
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-16)It has been well established in previous research that driving during rainfall is associated with increased risk of traffic collision involvement. Of particular concern are heavy rain events, which result in elevated risks ... -
Projecting the Hydrological and Geochemical Evolution of a Constructed Fen Watershed in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-11)Ongoing commercial bitumen surface mining operations have fundamentally altered large areas of forested uplands and fen peatlands in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR), Alberta, Canada. Returning fen peatland functions ... -
Protected areas and ecotourism: Charting a path toward social-ecological wellbeing
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-18)Protected areas (PAs) are changing rapidly in size and scope with the influx of development activities intended to benefit people living within and near their borders. In developing countries, integrated conservation and ... -
Public Attention to Environmental Hazards
(University of Waterloo, 2017-11-21)Although public attention has been noted as being influential within the hazard-response cycle, it has received almost no consideration within the risk and hazards literature. This is surprising, as attention is often noted ... -
Public participation in the Geoweb era: Geosocial media use in local government
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-21)Advances in spatially enabled information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided governments with the potential to enhance public participation and to collaborate with citizens. This dissertation critically ... -
Quantifying and Modelling Post-Wildfire Sediment Production in Waterton Lakes National Park
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-16)High-severity wildfires can increase sediment mobility and erosion rates in burned landscapes which increase the delivery of fine sediment to receiving streams. The downstream propagation of these pyrogenic materials can ... -
Quantifying coniferous subalpine tree transpiration and source water under seasonal and hydrological stress in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Kananaskis, Alberta
(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 ... -
Quantifying the Influence of Soil Prescriptions on Ecosystem Processes in Reclaimed Forests of Varying Age in a Post-Oil Sands Landscape in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-03)The Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) in northern Alberta, Canada contains ~4800 km2 available for surface mining, and as of 2017 ~767 km2 had been disturbed for oil sands operations. The Alberta government requires this ...