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Has the Redesign of Columbia Lake Improved Water Quality in Laurel Creek?
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-12)Stormwater impoundments are one of many types of best management practices (BMP) designed and implemented to regulate water quantity and improve the quality of runoff from urban areas. Studies of water quality in urban ... -
Healthy Food Zones Around Schools: Evaluating Projected Impacts of a Restrictive Food Planning Policy on Junk Food Availability after 10 years: An Equity- focused Simulation Study
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-22)Healthy diets are important for public health and health equity, given that globally, dietary risks currently comprise the largest burden of morbidity and mortality (Afshin et al., 2019). In Canada, diet quality is the ... -
Historical Towns Divided by International Border Rivers – the Way to Cooperation and Integration
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-26)The topic of this thesis is divided towns, defined as the towns which once existed as unified administrative units before an international border divided them. In a time of globalization, the character of many border lines ... -
A Homogeneity-based Zone Delineation Model for Land Use and Transportation Interaction Analysis: Investigating the Case of Light Rail Transit (LRT) Development in Kitchener – Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-31)In an ever-increasingly urbanized world, planning policies bring direct and indirect societal and environmental impacts affecting quality of life for millions of people. Policy decisions are often complex, involving ... -
The HOT Solution: An examination of the desirability for High Occupancy/Toll (HOT) lanes in the Greater Toronto Area
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-03)This study assessed the desirability for High-Occupancy/Toll (HOT) lanes in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) through stated preference and revealed traffic volume data gathering and analysis techniques. 4,000 surveys, ... -
Housing Development in Post-war Japan: Historical Trajectory, Logic of Change, and the Vacancy Crisis
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-19)1) As evidenced by existing studies, housing development plays a central role in capitalism. However, little research has explored the logic of that role. This thesis contributes to filling this knowledge gap through a ... -
How Canadian Local Governments Enhance Food Security: Exploring food security approaches in urban, rural, and suburban contexts on Southern Vancouver Island
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-24)The objective of this research is to identify what actions local governments are taking in the urban, suburban, and rural context, and how food security has been conceptualized. Food security is commonly understood to ... -
How Ontario's urban householders manage their ecosystem: A ten-year study in Kitchener-Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2006)As much of the growing population of North America is accommodated within cities or on their fringes, one needs to understand how these people are managing their private outdoor space. Within the cities of Kitchener and ... -
How the Contributions of Conveners Achieve Collaboration Goals
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-29)Collaboration is considered to be an alternative strategic planning approach for delivering services and addressing organization mandates. These initiatives provide an opportunity “in which autonomous actors interact ... -
How to Evaluate a Third Sector Approach to Place-Based Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Pathways to Education
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-04)This dissertation examines how to evaluate a place-based poverty reduction program across different sites and scales. Unpacking urban planning’s dominant, normative construction of poverty, neighbourhoods, youth, and ... -
Identifying Quality of Life Needs of Youth Experiencing Homelessness: A Community Needs Assessment for Planners in the Region of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)Abstract Background: The aim of this study is to capture the most important quality of life (QoL) needs identified by youth experiencing homelessness in the Region of Waterloo. Palepu, Hubley, Russell, Gadermann and ... -
Illustrating a new 'conceptual design pattern' for agent-based models of land use via five case studies—the MR POTATOHEAD framework
(Universidad de Valladolid, 2008)This chapter presents a "conceptual design pattern" (CDP) that represents key elements of standard ABM/LUCC models in a comprehensive logical framework and includes basic functionality and data often present in ABM/LUCC ... -
Impacts of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) on the Travel Behavior of its Residents in Shenzhen, China
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-18)Rapid urbanization in cities across the world has generated a number of issues including urban sprawl, segregation of land uses, traffic congestion and negative environmental impacts. Transit-oriented development (TOD) has ... -
Implementing the soft path approach to water management: A case study of southern York Region, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)This research study develops a framework of indicators to evaluate the ‘institutional capacity’ of a municipality to implement the soft path approach. The soft path approach is a new strategy for water conservation that ... -
Improving Consultation Measures at the Municipal Level
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-18)Consulting with the public on planning issues has become an endeavour formalized throughout Western democracies over the past half-century. However, there remains a dichotomy between the legislative minimums for this part ... -
Improving Public Understanding of Large-Scale Transit Projects: A case study of the Region of Waterloo’s ION
(University of Waterloo, 2015-06-16)In light of increasing social, economic and environmental costs associated with automobile use, Canadian municipalities are facing mounting transportation pressures and many mid-size cities are investing in larger scale ... -
Improving strategy for the Canadian Wildlife Service: A comparative study with the Parks Canada Agency and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-25)This research evaluates the development of strategy and planning undertaken by the three federal protected areas management organisations in Canada. These organisations and the protected areas they manage are: the Canadian ... -
Indigenous Intangible Cultural Heritage: Towards an Indigenous Approach to Canadian Heritage Management and Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-17)Canada’s ‘official’ heritage is overwhelmingly comprised of designated buildings, monuments, landscapes, and streetscapes that reflect notable architectural styles or historic character, celebrated places, and key agents ... -
Infill Planner: A geo-questionnaire to gather public input on infill developments
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-31)Urban infill and intensification planning strategies aim to lead toward more efficient use urban land and ultimately urban forms that more sustainable and offer citizens improved quality of life. Due to the potential impacts ... -
The Influence of Housing Suitability on Commuting Patterns in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-01)This thesis explores the impact of housing suitability on the commute to work link for the metropolitan areas of Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Housing suitability, operationalized in this thesis using variables for ...