Browsing Environment (Faculty of) by Title
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Crisis Overstated? Knowledge Gaps and the Aging Water Workforce
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-27)ABSTRACT Beginning in 1946 fertility in Canada and other Western countries increased to rates unequaled throughout the rest of the 20th century. Sixty five years since the beginning of the baby boom, as this generation ... -
A Critical Analysis of News Media Coverage of Hurricane Events and Caribbean Tourism
(University of Waterloo, 2021-06-02)There is mounting evidence that the media is able to shape public risk perceptions of extreme weather events, which includes influencing tourists’ willingness to travel to destinations impacted (directly or indirectly) by ... -
A Critical Frame Analysis of Northern Ontario's 'Forestry Crisis'
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-21)Since 2001, the forest sector and forest communities across Northern Ontario have experienced many challenges. In response, there has been significant provincial debate and policy reform surrounding the use and control ... -
Critical Infrastructure Resilience: Findings From a Systematic Review
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-08)Globally, critical infrastructure (CI), such as energy, water, transport, information and communication technology, health, food supply, banking and finance, government services, safety and emergency services are required ... -
Critical Investigation of the Pulse Contour Method for Obtaining Beat-By-Beat Cardiac Output
(University of Waterloo, 2001)The purpose of this study was to explore the efficacy of two existing pulse contour analysis (PCA) models for estimating cardiac stroke volume from the arterial pressure waveform during kicking ergometer exercise and head-up ... -
A Critical Realist Approach to Evolutionary Path Dependence: The Role of Counterurbanite Entrepreneurs in Tourism Regions of Rural Newfoundland
(University of Waterloo, 2018-03-22)Path dependence has emerged as an approach to understanding economic decline in peripheral areas, consisting predominantly of space-based economic activities. Evolutionary economic geography is one lens through which ... -
A Critical Systems Approach to Socio-Ecological Systems: Implications for social learning and governance
(University of Waterloo, 2006-12-18)This dissertation builds on work that has applied complex systems thinking to socio-ecological systems as well as on research that explores critical and reflective approaches to planning. A broad, interdisciplinary ... -
A cross sectional examination of the associations between physical activity and school facilities among youth in the COMPASS study (Year 2)
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-21)Objective: This study examined the prevalence of physical activity of secondary students in Ontario and Alberta, Canada. This study also examined between school variability in physical activity levels, and identified school ... -
A Cross-national Comparison Study of Metabolic Syndrome among Canadian and Korean Older Adults
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of traditional cardiovascular risk factors including central obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and hypertension. The prevalence of MetS increases risk of ... -
Crowdsourcing the Disaster Management Cycle
(IGI Global, 2016-10-01)Crowdsourcing is a communication platform that can be used during and after a disastrous event. Previous research in crisis crowdsourcing demonstrates its wide adoption for aiding response efforts by non-government ... -
Cultivating Human and Planetary Health in a Time of Social-Ecological Transformation
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-17)Human health is fundamentally dependent on the health of the Earth’s biophysical systems, but continued dependence on economic growth to pursue social goods is rapidly undermining the ecological foundations of health. If ... -
Cultural planning as an instrument for locating Ontario provincial parks within the valuable landscape of a community: A case study of Sandbanks Provincial Park in Prince Edward County, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-21)The purpose of this research was to determine if the relationship between a community and the nearby provincial park can be enhanced through the use of the cultural planning process. To address the research question a ... -
The Cultural Turn in Municipal Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2009-07-24)Urban theorists and policy makers have begun to re-evaluate the importance of culture in urban development models. Culture is now widely viewed as a critical factor in the economic and social health of cities. Notions of ... -
Culture of Female Leadership in a Business Case for Gender Diversity
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-05)Globally, just under half of the workforce is currently comprised of women, and yet, upper management and executive positions in the corporate world continue to be dominated by men (Terjesen & Sealy, 2016). For example, ... -
Culture, carbon pricing and its impacts on CO₂ emissions and economic growth
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-22)Energy is one of the most relevant factors for economic growth, which is the main cause of CO₂ emissions. Currently, CO₂ accounts for 90% of emissions associated with human-induced climate change. Additionally, the potential ... -
Cumulative Effects Assessment and Sustainability: Diamond Mining in the Slave Geological Province
(University of Waterloo, 2001)The pace of development in Canada's North has renewed concerns about the potential cumulative effects of increasing industrial growth on fragile northern ecosystems. Recent developments in the diamond industry in the ... -
Curbing Enthusiasm: Examining Canadian Cities’ Proactive Responses to Evolving Curbside Pressures
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)Transportation planning is increasingly concerned with the role the curb plays in urban environments. As the primary boundary separating mobility, accessibility, and amenity activities along a street, it is a highly contested ... -
Curbside Organic Waste Collection and the 60 percent Waste Diversion Goal: A Case Study of Select Municipalities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-25)Ontario has provided an interesting canvas for waste management planning. As the home of the world’s first blue box program, a successful deposit return system, an extended producer responsibility initiative, and recently ... -
The Current State of Green Building Standards and Interior Materials; Are These Processes Leading to Stronger Selections of Sustainable Materials?
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-30)The environmental impacts of buildings include energy and land use, greenhouse gas emissions, natural resource depletion, and solid waste. And while a building‘s envelope and operational energy use are often considered the ... -
Cycling in a Changing Climate: An Examination of the Effects of Weather and Climate Change on Cycling Frequencies in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-27)This thesis contributes to the knowledge-base of how commuter cycling frequencies are impacted by current weather conditions, and what effects climate change will have on them by mid-century. Numerous studies have focused ...