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State of Diversity of Uses and Activities in the Public Space: The Case of Four Public Spaces in Downtown Vancouver
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-12)The roles of urban public spaces in urban cores are being re-assessed across many North American cities. Public spaces within downtown cores are essential in ensuring the long- term viability of such urban centers economically ... -
Streetscape Design: Perceptions of Good Design and Determinants of Social Interaction
(University of Waterloo, 2010-06-25)Historically, streets have provided both a means of livelihood and social support for its inhabitants. The emergence of the car dramatically shifted planning practices from the pedestrian, to the efficient movement of ... -
Subjectivity in Tourism and Place: A Cultural Planning Approach in Yellowknife, NT
(University of Waterloo, 2017-06-15)Communities that have previously relied on primary industries are increasingly turning towards tourism as a form of economic development as their past economic opportunities become obsolete. Yet, as tourism growth can occur ... -
Substantive and procedural equity in environmental planning: A case example of planning thermal treatment facilities for municipal solid waste in the Province of Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-01)Over the last few decades, thermal treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW) has been strongly opposed in North America. The reasons for public opposition are complex and could vary from community to community. Typically, ... -
SUBURBAN IMMIGRANT SETTLEMENTS IN TORONTO AND TRANSPORTATION IMPLICATIONS
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-12)Immigrants’ social and economic conditions and lifestyles are strong determinants of their residential and transportation choices. Existing studies that analyze immigrants’ transportation behaviour have predominantly focused ... -
Success on the Ground: Case Studies of Urban Agriculture in a North American Context
(University of Waterloo, 2012-07-09)Urban agriculture (UA) is an increasingly popular land use concept emerging in industrialized nations of the world. Although the phenomenon of UA is a common and well-documented form of food production in developing nations ... -
Suite Talk: The Barriers and Opportunities of Providing Secondary Suites in Rural Metro-Adjacent Regions of Eastern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-12)Providing an adequate supply of affordable housing has become an increasing challenge for Ontario municipalities. As a result, changes were made to the Planning Act requiring all Ontario municipalities to implement provisions ... -
Supply and Demand Based Transit Service Allocation: A Method of Evaluating Transit Network
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-23)Travel patterns in Canadian urban areas changed during the twentieth century. No longer is urban travel downtown oriented. In all but the smallest Canadian urban areas, travel has evolved into a polycentric pattern. Despite ... -
Sustainable Stormwater Transitions: Exploring the Promotion of Sustainable Stormwater Management in Kitchener and Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-31)Canadian cities are undergoing changes in the way they fund and provide stormwater management services. These changes include the promotion of sustainable stormwater management technologies. The cities of Kitchener and ... -
Sustainable Transportation and Social Demographics at Uptown Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-01)This thesis investigates how the use of a mid-size city’s core is related to the transportation preferences and socioeconomic status of its residents. Uptown Waterloo was chosen as a study site because, in addition to its ... -
A Systematic Comparison of Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems: Case Studies of Dalian City, China and the Region of Waterloo, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2008-06-11)Since the 1990s, Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) has shifted to a more comprehensive approach with an emphasis on managing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) through the whole process from generation to disposal. Meanwhile, ... -
A Tale of Four Canadian Cities: LRT Systems and the COVID-19 Pandemic
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-17)Light rail transit (LRT) systems have been proposed and implemented in many jurisdictions in Canada and abroad to cope with long-standing problems associated with urban sprawl. LRT systems are presented as an alternative ... -
A Tale of Two (Mid-Sized) Cities: Analysis of External Factors Affecting Transit Ridership in the City of Kingston and Region of Waterloo
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-02)This thesis evaluates how municipal transit ridership in mid-sized cities is influenced by external factors. External factors are forces outside a municipality’s direct control but potentially affect the municipality in ... -
Tenants' Right of Return: Early Experiences from Toronto's Regent Park Redevelopment
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-28)Starting around the 1950s, the creation of public housing projects through the North American Urban Renewal period had a tremendous impact on lower income households and racialized minorities. The development of public ... -
The Tenth Big Move: Towards the Optimal Modal Split
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-12)The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is currently experiencing a crippling traffic congestion problem. With an average daily commute time of 82 minutes, residents experience some of the longest commute times in ... -
This Land is Your Land: Exploring the Sea to Sky Land and Resource Management Plan through the Lens of Indigenous Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-28)Canadian Indigenous groups have long faced challenges regarding land rights assertion and validation within land use planning and resource management. Although attempts to deviate from the rational comprehensive planning ... -
TOplay: Child-Friendly Public Open Spaces in Downtown Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-21)The study explores which strategies can facilitate children's free play and independent mobility (IM) in the City of Toronto central neighbourhoods' public open spaces (POS). The first part of the study uses interviews to ... -
Toronto's Ravines: Conditions and Visitor Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-25)This thesis evaluates whether there are significant similarities and/or differences between how visitors perceive ravine park management and the consultation process in six sites across the City of Toronto. This was done ... -
Towards Understanding the Development of Connectedness-to-Nature, and its Role in Land Conservation Behaviour
(University of Waterloo, 2016-02-19)Exploitation of natural resources for human consumption and development has led to widespread loss of habitat and biodiversity. To address this issue, policy has largely focused on protecting large parcels of public land. ... -
Town, Gown and Capital: The Student Housing Submarket and the Production of Urban Space
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-05)Student housing has emerged as a mainstream global asset class, while the concentration of students in particular neighbourhoods through a process of “studentification” has increasingly been recognized as an important ...