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Using a hierarchy of climate models to investigate snow processes influencing surface albedo
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-16)Northern Hemisphere (NH) extratropical land has experienced dramatic warming over the past century, a trend that is expected to continue in the coming decades. There is however, significant uncertainty surrounding projections ... -
Using Geographic Relevance (GR) to contextualize structured and unstructured spatial data
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-12)Geographic relevance is a concept that has been used to improve spatial information retrieval on mobile devices, but the idea of geographic relevance has several potential applications outside of mobile computing. Geographic ... -
Using GIS and Remote Sensing Techniques for Solar Panel Installation Site Selection
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Solar energy replacing conventional non-renewable energy has been widely implemented around the world. Currently, one of the most challenging problems is how to improve the efficiency of producing solar energy. Before ... -
Using network analysis to explore the effects of road network on traffic congestion and retail store sales
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-21)The physical road system plays a critical role in environmental and city planning. In the context of retail store site-selection, measures of accessibility and the ease and willingness of consumers to shop at a store can ... -
Using Penalized Linear Discriminant Analysis and Normalized Difference Indices Derived from Landsat 8 Images to Classify Fruit-tree Crops in the Aconcagua Valley, Chile
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-20)Accurate crop type maps are critical for yield estimation and agricultural practices in modern agriculture. A new approach is proposed in this thesis to improve the crop type classification accuracy, by creating a new ... -
Using stable water isotopes to partition source water contribution and assess spatio-temporal source water dynamics of wetlands ecosystems in the eastern Canadian Rocky Mountains
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-28)Subalpine and montane regions of the Canadian Rocky Mountains are expected to experience continued changes in hydrometeorological processes due to anthropogenically-tied climate warming. These regions are important in ... -
Using Very High Resolution Remotely Piloted Aircraft Imagery to Map Peatland Vegetation Composition and Configuration Patterns within an Elevation Gradient
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-28)GIS has developed over the decades from theory to highly accurate scientific observation using satellites that provide high resolution imagery. Over the last decade drones have been introduced to the world of GIS and ... -
Vadose zone flow patterns and their implications for sodium transport and aquifer recharge in a reclaimed fen watershed in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, Alberta, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)The reclaimed Nikanotee Fen watershed consists of an upland tailings sand aquifer, capped with a finer soil cover (LFH-mineral mix, or LFH) to support vegetation, that supplies groundwater to a low-lying fen peatland. ... -
Validating CloudSat-CPR retrievals for the estimation of snow accumulation in the Canadian Arctic
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-31)Snow is a critical contributor to our global water and energy budget, with profound impacts for water resource availability, snow albedo feedback and flooding in cold regions. The vast size and remote nature of the Arctic ... -
Validation of precipitation phase estimates from CloudSat-CPR across Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Snow is an important component of the global climate system with significant impacts on local weather, fresh water resources, and energy balance in high latitude cold countries. Therefore precise snowfall monitoring is ... -
Vegetation Response to Climate Change in North American National Parks: Policy & Management Implications
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-28)Climate change is no longer debated in the context of whether or not it is occurring, but rather in the context of how rapid and extensive that change will be. This is the global situation to which the biomes of national ... -
Vernacular Knowledge and Water Management - Towards the Integration of Expert Science and Local Knowledge in Ontario, Canada
(Water Alternatives Association, 2015-10)Complex environmental problems cannot be solved using expert science alone. Rather, these kinds of problems benefit from problem-solving processes that draw on ‘vernacular’ knowledge. Vernacular knowledge integrates expert ... -
Visual Impairment in the City: Young People's Social Strategies for Independent Mobility
(Sage, 2013-02-01)This article examines the mobility strategies that visually impaired (VI) young people employ as they negotiate their daily lives in the city. In contrast to research which foregrounds difficulties navigating the built ... -
Volunteered Drone Imagery: Challenges and constraints to the development of an open shared image repository
(2017-01-04)Orthorectified imagery is valuable for a wide range of initiatives including environmental change detection, planning, and disaster response. Obtaining aerial imagery at high temporal and spatial scale has traditionally ... -
Vulnerability Assessment of Rural Communities in Southern Saskatchewan
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Water resources in Canada are of major environmental, social and economic value. It is expected that climate change will be accompanied by more intense competition for water supply in water-stressed agricultural areas such ... -
Vulnerability to Climate Related Events: A Case Study of the Homeless Population in Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-24)Waterloo Region (population 470,000) is the eleventh largest urban region in Canada (2006 Census tract). Within this region, in 2007, 2,831 homeless people defined as commonly living or sleeping in indoor or outdoor spaces ... -
Water Conservation in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, and the Proposed Pipeline
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-17)The Region of Waterloo relies on groundwater for 80% of the water supplied to its growing population. Ontario’s Places to Grow Act (2005) designates the Region as a growth corridor, and over the next 20 years, significant ... -
Water Governance and Pollution Control in Peri-Urban Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: The Challenges Facing Farmers and Opportunities for Change
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-11)Encompassing both urban and rural processes, the peri-urban interface (PUI) provides a unique and challenging arena for environmental management. As the urban core expands, the PUI industrializes and urbanizes, undergoing ... -
Water Use on Ontario Golf Courses
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-21)The golf industry is an important sector of the recreation and tourism economy in Canada. In 2009, the Canadian golf industry generated an estimated total direct economic activity of CND$29.4 billion dollars and created ... -
Watershed Indicators: Contributions of the public to customize a generic index to local needs
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-24)The purpose of this research is to examine the ways in which public contributions, as part of a larger public participation program, can shape the use of the Canadian Water Sustainability Index (CWSI) and increase its ...