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Red coralline algae and climate change: growth, magnesium concentration variability and the development of a new palaeoclimate proxy
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-22)Past ocean acidification recorded in the geological record facilitates the understanding of rates and influences of contemporary pCO2 enrichment. High resolution proxies of pCO2 and pH can be used to reconstruct ... -
The Regional Integration of Protected Areas: A Study of Canada's National Parks
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-01)The relationship between protected areas and their regions is complex, dynamic, and often based on social interactions. It is widely accepted that protected areas are not “islands” – rather they are connected to their ... -
Regulatory Dynamics, Institutional Cohesiveness, and Regional Sustainability
(University of Waterloo, 2002)It is generally acknowledged that economic activity continues apace and at the expense of social and ecological integrity while the course of economic development remains far from any approximation of sustainability. Few ... -
Remittances, household food security, and entrepreneurship development: A case study of Mzuzu, Malawi
(University of Waterloo, 2023-03-16)With the substantial increase in migrant remittances to developing countries since the 1990s, there is a growing interest in migration and development among academics and development practitioners. Remittances, if channelled ... -
Remote sensing and biophysical monitoring of vegetation, terrain attributes and hydrology to map, characterise and classify wetlands of the Maputaland Coastal Plain, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-16)The Maputaland Coastal Plain is situated in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The Maputaland Coastal Plain and underlying aquifer are two separate but inter-linked entities. This area with high permeable ... -
Remote Sensing for Large-Area, Multi-Jurisdictional Habitat Mapping
(University of Waterloo, 2005)A framework designed to guide the effective use of remote sensing in large-area, multi-jurisdictional habitat mapping studies has been developed. Based on hierarchy theory and the remote sensing scene model, the approach ... -
Remote Sensing Observations of Tundra Snow with Ku- and X-band Radar
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-24)Seasonal patterns of snow accumulation in the Northern Hemisphere are changing in response to variations in Arctic climate. These changes have the potential to influence global climate, regional hydrology, and sensitive ... -
Remote sensing of chlorophyll-a in small inland waters
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-26)Small inland waters (SIWs) – waterbodies smaller than 100 km2 – are the predominant form of lakes globally, yet they are highly subject to water quality degradation, especially due to harmful algae blooms (HABs). Space-borne ... -
Remote sensing of reef fish communities
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-28)During the last three decades of coral reefs studies, the large areal coverage of data derived from satellite images has increasingly been used to complement the more detailed but spatially limited data produced by ... -
Remotely Sensed Data Segmentation under a Spatial Statistics Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-18)In remote sensing, segmentation is a procedure of partitioning the domain of a remotely sensed dataset into meaningful regions which correspond to different land use and land cover (LULC) classes or part of them. So far, ... -
Representations of polar bears in tourism: Exploring power relations through discourse analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-02)Historical and contemporary relationships between human beings and polar bears are dynamic and complex, and the lives of these two animal species continue to be intimately intertwined in the tourism context. The polar bear ... -
Requirements and Barriers to Strengthening Sustainability Reporting Among Mining Corporations
(University of Waterloo, 2010-07-28)Mining depletes, processes, and relocates mineral resources while profoundly changing landscapes and socio-economic patterns of affected regions and communities. For millennia these impacts have been “accepted” by society ... -
Residential Solar Energy Adoption in a Community Context: Perceptions and Characteristics of Potential Adopters in a West Toronto Neighbourhood
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-25)In the summer of 2007, a single neighbourhood in downtown Toronto contributed at least 13 percent of all residential grid‐tie solar photovoltaic (PV) systems sold in the Canadian province of Ontario. On average, PV ... -
Residents’ and tourists’ perspectives on potential introduction of casino industry and its role in tourism and community development: the case of the Republic of Cyprus
(University of Waterloo, 2008-04-25)For years, the gambling industry has been gaining popularity among a variety of countries and communities for its contribution to tourism development and thus, to the economy. At the same time, the addictive nature of the ... -
Resilient Disaster Recovery: A Critical Assessment of the 2006 Yogyakarta, Indonesia Earthquake using a Vulnerability, Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Framework
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)Since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal areas of several countries in South East Asia, there has been renewed interest in disaster recovery operations. Although governments and aid organizations have ... -
Resort Morphology: Chinese applications
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-28)This paper adopts a geographical perspective to understand the conceptual and theoretical issues of resort morphology. Resort morphology refers to “the forms and associated functions of a destination area and their ... -
Response of Peatland Microbial Community Function to Contamination by Naphthenic Acids and Sodium in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-20)Reclamation of closed oil sands mining operations in former pristine boreal ecosystems of the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada (AOSR) requires construction of new fen land uses such as peatlands in order to ... -
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 ... -
Retrieval of Lake Erie Water Quality Parameters from Satellite Remote Sensing and Impact on Simulations with a 1-D Lake Model
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-26)Lake Erie is a freshwater lake, and the most southern of the Laurentian Great Lakes in North America. It is the smallest by volume, the fourth largest in surface area (25,700 km2), and the shallowest of the Laurentian Great ... -
Revival from Rubble: Community Resilience at UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu after 2015 Earthquake
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-16)The April 25, 2015 “Gorkha Earthquake” wrecked Nepal with unprecedented disaster that turned into rubble many of the ancient monuments and historical buildings protected under UNESCO World Heritage in Kathmandu valley ...