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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 ... -
Road Information Extraction from Mobile LiDAR Point Clouds using Deep Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-17)Urban roads, as one of the essential transportation infrastructures, provide considerable motivations for rapid urban sprawl and bring notable economic and social benefits. Accurate and efficient extraction of road information ... -
The Role of Environmental Stewardship Groups in the Grand River Watershed, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-25)Abstract In this thesis I analyze the role of stewardship groups in the Grand River watershed. The perceptions of stewardship volunteers and key agency informants are examined to determine the biophysical, educational and ... -
The Role of Ericaceous Shrubs in the Surface Water Balance and Soil Water Availability of Cutover Peatland, Québec
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-12)Peatlands are carbon sinks and occupy approximately 13% of Canada’s terrestrial surface of which 0.02% have been harvested for horticultural peat. The extraction of peat from natural peatlands alters the hydrology which ... -
The Role of Native Plant and Seed Collectors and Growers in Protecting Floral Diversity
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)The planting of native species is a common strategy for the conservation of biodiversity; it not only allows for the restoration of degraded habitat both within conservation reserves and the matrix lands between reserves, ... -
Runoff Response and Nutrient Loading in Vertisolic Clay Soils of Near-Level Artificially Drained Southern Manitoban Landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-04)The installation of tile drainage systems in Southern Manitoba has been accelerating over the past two decades to improve crop production. Given current environmental and political concerns related to agricultural pollution ... -
Salinity Effects on Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration and Quality in a Constructed Fen Peatland, Fort McMurray, AB
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-05)In northern Alberta, oil sands mining disturbs the landscape; reclamation to an “equivalent land capability” is required, and industry is testing peatland construction as part of landscape reclamation. To determine if these ... -
SAR Remote Sensing of Canadian Coastal Waters using Total Variation Optimization Segmentation Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)The synthetic aperture radar (SAR) onboard Earth observing satellites has been acknowledged as an integral tool for many applications in monitoring the marine environment. Some of these applications include regional sea-ice ... -
Satellite observations of lake surface state to improve weather forecasting in a lake-rich region
(University of Waterloo, 2015-04-30)The thermal and dynamic properties of water bodies are important factors affecting the structure of the atmospheric boundary layer which stores and transports energy and mass. The storage and heat transfer of lakes play ... -
Satellite remote sensing observations of snow cover extent during the melt-out season in the Thompson-Okanagan Region, British Columbia from 2003-2019
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-31)Snow is a critical component of the earth’s overall energy budget and it contributes significantly to water resources especially in mountainous regions, coining the term the “water towers” for downstream communities (Viviroli ... -
Satellite-based PM2.5 Exposure Estimation and Health Impacts over China
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-27)Exposure to suspended fine particulate matter (PM2.5) has been proven to adversely impact public health through increased risk of cardiovascular and respiratory mortality. Assessing health impacts of PM2.5 and its long-term ... -
Saturated and vadose zone fate and transport of a continuously released tracer in a sub-arctic bog peatland
(University of Waterloo, 2017-02-22)In Ontario’s James Bay Lowland, sub-arctic bog and fen peatlands make up 90% of the landscape. Increasing resource extraction operations in this area pose a risk of contaminant release into these systems, both intentional ... -
Sea Ice Mapping in Labrador Coast with Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-24)Sea ice mapping is crucial to Canadian coast, including marine transportation, environmental protection, resource management, disaster and emergency management, especially under current background of climate change. Canadian ... -
Sea-Ice Detection from RADARSAT Images by Gamma-based Bilateral Filtering
(University of Waterloo, 2013-03-06)Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is commonly considered a powerful sensor to detect sea ice. Unfortunately, the sea-ice types in SAR images are difficult to be interpreted due to speckle noise. SAR image denoising ... -
Seasonal and Event-based Hydrological Response in a Hillslope-Riparian Zone setting of the Temperate Beverly Swamp
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-29)Wetland ecosystems are an integral part of the landscape, providing vital habitat for species at risk, while providing important services in hydrological and biogeochemical cycling. Since many of the habitats and ...