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Economic Change and the Inner City Landscape: A Case Study of Hamilton, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)The urban landscape reflects the social, economic, and policy changes that have taken place in a community. The inner city has been previosly called a microcosm that indicates the changes that are occurring in society. ... -
Economic Revitalization or the Creative Destruction of Heritage: A Case Study of Port Dalhousie at a Cusp
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-14)Ontario, Canada’s most populous province enacted its Heritage Act in 1975. The Ontario Heritage Act enables municipalities to conserve built heritage in a number of ways, including instituting heritage conservation districts. ... -
The Economics of Adaptive Reuse of Old Buildings: A Financial Feasibility Study & Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2007-01-24)The debate about the financial feasibility of adaptive reuse is high among investors, planners, policy makers and heritage advocates. The old argument that it is more profitable to demolish the old brick box and replace ... -
Ecotourism and Community Development: Case Studies From Hainan, China
(University of Waterloo, 2002)Ecotourism is one of the fastest expanding tourism markets. It has received much attention in developing countries and economically impoverished regions around the world. As an agent of change, ecotourism has been ... -
The effect of in-stream wood on channel morphology and sediment deposition in headwater streams of the Oldman River Basin, Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-14)Headwater streams provide diverse habitat for aquatic organisms, drinking water for downstream communities and abundant recreational activities. The addition of in-stream wood to headwater channels can influence the ... -
The Effect of Season of Fire on Post-fire Legacies in Northwestern Ontario Red Pine (<em>Pinus resinosa</em>) Mixedwoods
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Prescribed burns are employed in the southern boreal forest of northwest Ontario, Canada, as a method of re-instating fire in this fire-dependent landscape. They are also used to manage fuel loads associated with tree ... -
Efficiency Analysis of Public Transit systems in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Dhaka City
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-29)Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh and the centre of administrative, political, economic and social life for the country. An efficient transit system is needed in this city to provide services in every corner and to ... -
Electronic Waste in the Technology Triangle
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-27)A contemporary planning issue is how to strategically handle electronic waste (e-waste) within urban environments. E-waste is a fast growing waste stream, resulting in increasingly toxic hazards. This thesis employs ... -
Enabling the Integration of Ecosystem Service-based Approaches into Planning Organizations: Municipal Natural Asset Management
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-06)This research seeks to help bridge the gap between science and practice around the integration of ecosystem service-based approaches within municipal planning. This thesis identified enablers of organizational change needed ... -
Encouraging Family-Friendly Condominium Development and Creating Complete Communities in Downtown Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)This thesis explores the idea of complete communities and discusses how condominium development in downtown Toronto can be made more family friendly by focusing on the proposed ‘Official Plan Amendment to Encourage the ... -
Environmental Resource Management at the Urban Interface: Social Monitoring in Waterloo, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-27)The purpose of this research is to measure impacts on environmental constraint areas due to the presence of new suburban populations, to assess attitudes and behaviours of residents toward greenspaces incorporated into the ... -
Equity in Urban Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Review of Research
(Cogitatio, 2021-12-16)A growing number of cities are preparing for climate change by developing adaptation plans, but little is known about how these plans and their implementation affect the vulnerability of groups experiencing various forms ... -
Establishing baseline travel patterns from smart-phone and spatial data
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-19)Investment in public transit infrastructure and services is essential to providing effective transportation alternatives, and it is important to monitor the progress of key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure goals of ... -
Estimating Homebuyer Preferences Under Intensification: Hedonic Modelling of Open Space and Multimodal Transit Amenities Preceding Light Rail in Kitchener-Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-27)Intensification is the preeminent growth management approach in Ontario, as well as across much of North America. Under this approach, the Region of Waterloo is currently constructing a light rail transit system and ... -
Ethnic retailing and the role of municipal planning: four case studies in the Greater Toronto Area
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-08)The recent waves of immigration have dramatically changed the urban landscape of Canada’s metropolitan regions. One of the significant markers of this change are ethnic retail activities that manifest in ethnic shopping ... -
Evaluate Landless Farmers’ Life Satisfaction under the Compensation System for Land Acquisition: a case study of suburban Nanjing, China
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-13)The aim of the research is to add some understanding to the levels, features, and determinants of landless farmers’ life satisfaction after compensation and resettlement for land acquisition. First, it examines what are ... -
Evaluating Living Wage Campaigns: An analysis of the factors that influence local political decision-making
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-26)With the rise in the proportion of low wage employment over the last few decades, poverty and the need for affordable housing has become a pressing issue for many cities. Living wages are one tool that can alleviate these ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Community Engagement Strategies for Shifting Attitudinal Behaviour Towards Green Stormwater Infrastructure
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-07)Climate change will cause increased frequency extreme weather events with more frequent stormwater runoff and flooding. Therefore it is increasingly critical to understand how to address the increased runoff as well as ... -
Evaluating the Progress of Municipal Natural Asset Management through Monitoring & Evaluation
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-29)Contemporary environmental and land-use planning in many Canadian municipalities is challenged with two key problems that have grown with increasing urban development: 1) natural ecosystems decline and 2) grey infrastructure ... -
Evaluation in Planning: An Investigation into Plan Quality and its Application to Official Plans in the Ontario-Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) Region
(University of Waterloo, 2017-05-01)Evaluation is an established activity in public sector organizations. Evaluation is rooted in the principle that government interventions should have demonstrable benefits. In the realm of planning, there are two broad ...