Browsing Geography and Environmental Management by Subject "GIS"
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An Adaptive Ecosystem Approach to Rehabillitation and Management of the Cooum River Environmental System in Chennai, India
(University of Waterloo, 2000)This research investigates the application of an adaptive ecosystem approach to the problem of the Cooum River and environs in Chennai (formerly Madras), India. The Cooum River is an extremely polluted urban stream that ... -
Assessing hydrometeorological controls on subalpine plant community evapotranspiration and evaluating the METRIC method using high-resolution UAV imagery in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-06)Subalpine wetlands in the Canadian Rocky Mountains function as buffers for snowmelt runoff towards downstream systems and communities. However, hydrological regimes are changing rapidly in these ecosystems due to climate ... -
Assessing the Impacts of Sea Level Rise in the Caribbean using Geographic Information Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Numerous studies project that climate change will accelerate the rise in global sea levels, leading to increased coastal inundation, greater potential damage from storm surge events, beach erosion and other coastal impacts ... -
Assessment of Affordable Housing Options using Collaborative Geospatial Software
(University of Waterloo, 2007-12-03)The scale of the affordable housing problem in Canada is enormous and the situation is worsening due to a number of recent social trends. Continued wealth inequality, an aging population, increased immigration, changing ... -
Co-producing spatial information with citizens: Understanding practices, preferences, and challenges within government
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-09)In today’s era of digital media, collecting and sharing location-based information has become easier and more accessible for many people. This exchange of spatial information, created and shared by the public, is beneficial ... -
Deriving Spatial Patterns of Severe Rainfall in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-13)Severe weather is a natural product of the earth’s atmosphere. Water delivered by storms sustains important biophysical functions whereas from a human perspective severe weather can have negative effects when damage is ... -
Environmental Health and Safety data integration using Geographical Information Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-12)Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) departments in many organizations are faced with two interrelated problems which limit their ability to make accurate decisions based on quality data. First, many EHS departments follow ... -
Facilitators and barriers to safely managed water and sanitation: A spatio-temporal investigation of the association between socioeconomic factors and shigellosis incidence
(University of Waterloo, 2017-12-14)The lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation worldwide has contributed to the occurrence of shigellosis, a waterborne infectious disease. Previous research has shown that shigellosis can be prevented by access ... -
A Geographic Exploratory Analysis of Health and Crime in Toronto Neighbourhoods
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-12)Crime impacts may pose a health risk to victims and result in potential demands on healthcare services. However, the impacts from crime on health are complex and diverse. It is difficult to measure and quantify such impacts, ... -
Implementation of a GIS to Assess the Effects of Water Level Fluctuations on the Wetland Complex at Long Point, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2003)The Long Point wetland complex is one of the most significant coastal wetland systems in the Great Lakes, containing a diverse mosaic of wetland vegetation communities that have developed in response to water level ... -
Investigating the Influences of Tree Coverage and Road Network Density on Property Crime: A Case Study in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2016-05-18)With the development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), crime mapping becomes an effective approach to investigate the spatial pattern of crime in a defined area. Understanding the relationship between crime and its ... -
An Investigation of the Relationship between Crime and Reported Incidents and the Built and Natural Environment in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-30)In the study of crime and geography, many studies have investigated the spatial relationship between crime and the built and natural environment. However, these studies usually focus on specific environmental characteristics, ... -
Landslide Geoanalytics Using LiDAR-derived Digital Elevation Models
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-24)Landslides are natural hazards that contribute to tremendous economic loss and result in fatalities if there is no well-prepared mitigation and planning. Assessing landslide hazard and optimizing quality to improve ... -
Linking Services to Material Stocks: A GIS-based material stock-service analysis from island and city perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Recent years have seen a growing interest in sustainable development and the shift towards a more resource efficient economy. The concept of “social metabolism” views a socioeconomic system as a system of material throughput. ... -
A Methodology to Quantify the Topographic Characteristics of Wetland Landscapes
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-19)Topography underpins natural processes ranging from incident solar radiation at a location to overland flow and water pooling. Despite the influence of topography on natural processes and subsequent ecosystem function, ... -
Modeling Present and Future Physical Coastal Vulnerability to Climate Change: North Shore, Prince Edward Island
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-21)The IPCC has identified small islands and coastal zones among regions most vulnerable to climate change. The geomorphological characteristics of Prince Edward Island (PEI), such as highly erodible sandstone bedrock and low ... -
Multi-criteria suitability analysis and spatial interaction modeling of retail store locations in Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-25)GIS-based decision analysis is increasingly used by retailers to address the complexity and cost of investment in retail store location decisions. This study conceptualizes and represents nine criteria in a GIS-based ... -
Quantifying and Modelling Post-Wildfire Sediment Production in Waterton Lakes National Park
(University of Waterloo, 2021-12-16)High-severity wildfires can increase sediment mobility and erosion rates in burned landscapes which increase the delivery of fine sediment to receiving streams. The downstream propagation of these pyrogenic materials can ... -
Quantifying Variation in Wetland Composition and Configuration for Landscape-Scale Reclamation Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2016-10-06)Widespread loss and degradation of wetland ecosystems resulting from human land use highlights the need for a reclamation strategy (i.e converting developed land back to its original state) that can sustain ecosystem ... -
Social Resilience to Flooding: The Implications of Scale
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-22)Resilience to environmental hazards refers to the capacities and abilities to resist, adapt and recover from the impacts of a potential hazard, such as flooding. Building resilience is increasingly recognized as a strategy ...