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Thermal and Hydrological Response of Rock Glaciers to Climate Change: A Scenario Based Simulation Study
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-17)Snow and glaciers are considered the most important sources of the estimated 32-60% of global water resources which are provided by mountains. Consequently, snow and glaciers have regularly been the focus of climate change ... -
Time Domain Reflectometry Measurement of Water Content and Electrical Conductivity Using a Polyolefin Coated TDR Probe
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-20)The use of time domain reflectometry (TDR) to determine water content (θv) from the measurement of the apparent dielectric constant (Ka) or the square root of the apparent dielectric constant (Ka 0.5) in highly saline ... -
Tour Guides and Sustainable Development: the Case of Hainan, China
(University of Waterloo, 2007-02-20)Tour guides are one of the most visible players in tourism but little scholarly attention has been given to the links that tour guides may have with sustainable development. This study addresses the gap by promoting an ... -
Tourism as a Livelihood Strategy in Indigenous Communities: Case Studies from Taiwan
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Tourism has become an important option for economic development and the cultural survival of aboriginal people, yet the academic work has overlooked an issue of cultural sustainability and the majority of the literature ... -
Tourism Development and the Environment on the Egyptian Red Sea Coast
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-29)Tourism has become one of Egypt’s main sources of income and has undergone rapid privatization and subsequent growth. This has resulted in numerous policy and implementation gaps including those in environmental policy. ... -
Tourism, Development, and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study from Nkhata Bay, Malawi
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)Development agencies and policymakers are increasingly advocating tourism as a viable and legitimate poverty reduction strategy in least-developed countries (LDCs). However, the rhetoric surrounding tourism development ... -
Tourist Perceptions of Destination Branding: A Case Study of Saint Lucia
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-30)The intent of this research was to identify the effectiveness of a destination brand as determined by international tourists visiting the destination. The Caribbean can be viewed as a homogeneous region to many individuals ... -
Tourist Philanthropy, Disparity and Development: The Impacts of Tourists' Gift-giving on Developing Communities. Trinidad, Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-24)For more than a decade tourists originating in developed nations have been giving various gifts to locals of tourism communities in developing nations. This occurrence is commonly associated with the Caribbean, and is ... -
Tourists' Awareness, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Wildlife Souvenirs: A Case Study in Cuba
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-23)Considerable research has been conducted on tourist souvenirs but one area that has been widely neglected in souvenir literature is the concept of wildlife souvenirs. Many tourists purchase wildlife products when they go ... -
Toward Automated Ice-Water Classification on Large Northern Lakes Using RADARSAT-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery
(University of Waterloo, 2018-05-22)Changes to ice cover on lakes throughout the northern landscape has been established as an indicator of climate change and variability. These changes are expected to have implications for both human and environmental ... -
Towards a Management Plan for the Waterloo Moraine: A Comprehensive Assessment of its Current State within the Region of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2009-11-05)The Region of Waterloo (ROW) and Oxford County contain a significant landscape unit called the Waterloo Moraine that provides multiple ecological and water resource functions to surrounding communities. These functions ... -
Towards automated lake ice classification using dual polarization RADARSAT SAR imagery
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)Lake ice, as one of the most important component of the cryosphere, is a valuable indicator of climate change and variability. The Laurentian Great Lakes are the world’s largest supply of freshwater and their ice cover has ... -
Towards Climate Change Adaptation in Canada's Protected Natural Areas: an Ontario Parks Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-12)Climate is a major catalyst of change in the composition, structure and function of the Ecosphere. Empirical studies of species response to climate consistently reveal that the anomalous warming occurring over roughly the ... -
Towards New Perspectives in Integrated Coastal Management: Prospects for Responding to Changes Affecting Coastal Area Tourism Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-26)During the last three decades, coastal management scholarship and practice have been shaped by both social and ecological drivers of change that have served to define different epochs during which the coast has been ... -
Towards Q-analysis Integration in Discrete Global Grid Systems: Methodology, Implications and Data Complexity
(University of Waterloo, 2020-03-27)Spatial data is characterized by rich contextual information with multiple characteristics at each location. The interpretation of this multifaceted data is an integral part of current technological developments, data rich ... -
Toxicity and bioaccumulation of sediment-associated metals and elements from wildfire impacted streams of southern Alberta on Hyalella azteca
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-02)There is increasing global recognition of the effects of large scale land disturbance by wildfire on a wide range of water and ecosystem services. In 2003, the Lost Creek wildfire burned a contiguous area of 21,000 ha on ... -
Tracing the Trajectories of Objects of Travel in a Practice of trekking to the Mount Everest Base Camp
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-30)Objects are an inseparable part of travel networks. Travel objects, as non-human actors of tourism networks, play a significant role in shaping the travel experience. However, despite the importance of ‘tourism things’ in ... -
Tradition and Commerce in Cultural Districts: A Case Study of Insadong In Seoul Korea
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)Cultural clusters with an agglomeration of heritage and historic assets represent national or local history, culture and tradition. Hence, they often become distinctive urban tourism resources supplying multifunctional ... -
Transformations in Water Governance: An Examination of the Lake Simcoe Watershed
(University of Waterloo, 2013-12-10)Individuals, communities, non-government organizations and governments are in constant pursuit of intelligent responses to the complex socio-environmental challenges they encounter. The capacity to respond effectively to ... -
Transitions to Ecological Agriculture in Nanjing, China: Farm Types, Social-Political Networks, and Rural Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-09)China’s rural and agricultural sector has been undergoing a dramatic transformation in the form of three major trends. First, the modernization and capitalization of agriculture has significantly modified traditional ...