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The CO2 dynamics and hydrology of an experimental Sphagnum farming site
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-23)Sphagnum farming (or cultivation) is a recent land management strategy in reclaimed peatlands. The goal of Sphagnum farming is to cultivate Sphagnum fibers on a cyclic basis. Sphagnum moss is non-vascular and requires high ... -
Collaboration and Regional Economic Development: A Comparison of North Country, New York and Four Counties, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-24)Encouraging the use of collaboration in regional economic development has been increasingly prevalent over the past few decades by both governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. This push has two origins. First, ... -
The combined impact of salinity and water table on Juncus balticus growth: Implications for fen construction in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-05)Oil sands mining destroys peatlands by removing all vegetation on the ground and digging up to 75 m deep to reach the oil. To investigate methods to return peatlands to the post-mining landscape, a fen reclamation project ... -
Communicating the Pixel: A Strategy for Guiding the Use of Remotely-Sensed Habitat Data in Coral Reef Management
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-04)Over the last decade, coral reef remote sensing research has focused on habitat map development. Advances in field methods, spatial and spectral resolution of remote sensing data, and algorithm development have led to more ... -
Community choices: Pathways to integrate renewable energy into indigenous remote community energy systems
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-05)Community owned renewable energy generation (electricity and heat) is often associated with improving reliability and affordability of supply, increasing local wellbeing, empowering through new revenues, business opportunities ... -
Community-based Tourism in the Commonwealth of Dominica: A Livelihoods Perspective
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-19)Community-based tourism (CBT) has become an important facet in the quest for sustainable tourism. CBT is a term that has been subjected to different interpretations in the academic literature. In the field, CBT continues ... -
Community-Led Energy Planning and Sustainability Assessment: A Partnership with Inuit in NunatuKavut, Labrador
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-27)Canada is a global leader in renewable energy development. However, electricity-generation differs dramatically in off-grid communities, wherein 190 of 258 communities rely almost exclusively on diesel-generation. Of these ... -
A Comparative Analysis of Frameworks for Evaluating Corporate Sustainability Performance and Frameworks for Guiding Corporate Sustainability Practices: To What Extent Do These Frameworks Align?
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-11)Increasing evidence of the positive correlation between sustainability performance and financial performance of companies has motivated the proliferation of tools that seek to assess corporate sustainability performance ... -
A Comparative Study on Agent Based Decision Making Models: A Proof of Concept Focused on Farmers’ Decisions Regarding Best Management Practices
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-19)In recent times, with the increasing availability of large datasets, applications of machine learning techniques have grown at a rapid speed. However, due to the black-box nature of these tools, it can be hard for model ... -
Comparing the ‘Tourism Climate Index’ and ‘Holiday Climate Index’ in Major European Urban Destinations
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-21)Tourism is one of the largest economic sectors globally. It is a climate sensitive sector, with climate being one of the most important attributes for a destination. The Tourism Climate Index (TCI), developed by Mieczkowski ... -
A Comparison of Post-Disaster Experiences in Two Canadian Riverine Communities: Evaluating Managed Retreat as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-09)Natural hazards pose a significant risk to local economies, critical infrastructure and public health and safety. Climate change compounds this risk by introducing a new existential threat to Canadian riverine communities, ... -
Comparisons of Statistical Approaches for Modelling Land-Use Change
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-04)Land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) can have local-to-global environment impacts such as loss of biodiversity and climate change as well as social-economic impacts such as social inequality. Models that are built to ... -
Competitive transport processes of chloride, sodium, potassium, and ammonium in fen peat
(Elsevier, 2018-10-01)There is sparse information on reactive solute transport in peat; yet, with increasing development of peatland dominated landscapes, purposeful and accidental contaminant releases will occur, so it is important to assess ... -
Contemporary Forest Harvesting Impacts on Drinking Water Quality and Treatability
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-31)Forested watersheds supply ~75% of global accessible freshwater resources and serve as important sources of drinking water. Both natural and anthropogenic landscape disturbances in these regions can deteriorate water quality ... -
Contesting Identity, Space and Sacred Site Management at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-01)The purpose of my dissertation is to bring cultural geographic theory, including the ideas of representation, power, cultural and religious identity, and the contested and negotiated nature of places and identities, into ... -
Contribution of Point Source Inputs of Phosphorus from a Bunker Silo in a Small Agricultural Watershed in Southern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-28)Nutrient losses from agricultural operations contributes to the issue of eutrophication of freshwater systems. Although many studies have been conducted on diffuse nutrient losses from fertilizer application, there is a ... -
Contributions of Strategic Environmental Assessment to planning and decision making: The case of York Region, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-17)Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) has a prominent position in the ongoing search for instruments that can help governments and other organizations to pursue the goal of sustainability. SEA is presented here as a ... -
Controls on plot-scale growing season CO2 and CH4 fluxes in restored peatlands: Do they differ from unrestored and natural sites?
(International Peatland Society (IPS) and the International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG) - Jointly published, 2016-06-14)This study brings together plot-scale growing season fluxes of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) from six Canadian peatlands restored by the moss layer transfer technique (MLTT) and compares them with fluxes from ... -
Convolutional Neural Networks for Land-cover Classification Using Multispectral Airborne Laser Scanning Data
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-21)With the spread of urban culture, urbanisation is progressing rapidly and globally. Accurate and update land cover (LC) information becomes increasingly critical for protecting ecosystems, climate change studies and ... -
A Coupled Snow Operations-Skier Demand Model for the Ontario (Canada) Ski Region
(EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 2016-04-01)The multi-billion dollar global ski industry is one of the tourism subsectors most directly impacted by climate variability and change. In the decades ahead, the scholarly literature consistently projects decreased reliability ...