• Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on the Livelihood Resilience of Small-Scale Fisheries: A Comparative Analysis 

  Abdelbaset, Maha (University of Waterloo, 2023-11-21)

  Small-scale fisheries (SSFs) serve as a vital economic cornerstone in many nations, and play a pivotal role in reinforcing food security and eradicating poverty. Despite their significance, SSF systems and the communities ...

• Assessment of remotely piloted aircraft data classification of wetland vegetation communities and changes in their pattern with elevation 

  Giura, Brandon (University of Waterloo, 2023-11-01)

  Wetlands host a myriad of services both to the environment and society. While the provision of those services are partly dependent on the terrestrial plant communities that both comprise and are adjacent to a wetland, ...

• Monitoring Seasonal Snow Density from Satellite Based Passive Microwave Remote Sensing and Automatic Weather Stations 

  Welch, Jeffrey (University of Waterloo, 2023-10-26)

  Seasonal snow plays an important role in Earth’s systems and for hydrological applications one of the most important properties is the quantity of liquid water stored in the snowpack, referred to as snow water equivalent ...

• Radiative Forcing & Feedback through the Lens of Solar Geoengineering 

  Virgin, John (University of Waterloo, 2023-10-24)

  Global, annual mean surface temperature continues to rise in the wake of the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 2.C and pursing efforts to limit warming to less than 1.5 C. Research paradigms have arisen to analyze ...

• A pattern language of Celtic traditional music and dance for social, economic, and ecological regeneration 

  Beresford, Anna Theresa (University of Waterloo, 2023-10-20)

  This thesis investigates the potential role of Celtic traditional music and dance (CTMD) cultures in creating more resilient, embedded, and sustainable societies and economies. It does so by synthesising the ideas of the ...

• Nudging Toward Sustainability: A Pilot Study on Promoting Pro-Environmental Behavior and Reducing Carbon Emissions in a Net-Zero Carbon Building 

  Yousuf, Mohamed (University of Waterloo, 2023-10-13)

  As the building industry grapples with the challenges of sustainability and climate change, the role of individual behavior in resource and energy conservation practices has received less attention than technical options. ...

• Agricultural Gentrification in Saskatchewan: An Exploration of Landscape Transformations within the Rural Agrarian Locale 

  Grant, Richard (University of Waterloo, 2023-10-05)

  Due to the gradual shift from productivist-oriented activities, towards more multifunctional activities, landscape transformations are more visibly noticed within rural communities. The growing transition towards post-productive ...

• Exploring Technology Adoption in Canada’s Mineral Mining Sector: Navigating Through an Interplay of Factors 

  Crabbe, Mackenzie (University of Waterloo, 2023-10-05)

  The mining sector is currently experiencing a period of disruption where technological innovations such as electric vehicles, artificial intelligence, and drones are transforming how the industry operates. Little is ...

• Evaluating the Progress of Municipal Natural Asset Management through Monitoring & Evaluation 

  Sandhu, Sawroop (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 ...

• The Future of Canada's Ski and Mountain Destinations in an Era of Climate Change 

  Knowles, Natalie Linda Bauer (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)

  Climate change represents a grand challenge for society and the far-reaching risks for the global tourism sector is no exception. As one of the largest sectors globally, tourism is not only highly impacted by the biophysical ...

• Sustainability-Based Framework Development and Specification for Coal Phase-out Policy: Just Transition and Sustainability Requirements in the Canadian Context 

  Ramazzini Salgado Cricenti, Giulia (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)

  Following the Paris Agreement and the commitment to the NDCs (Nationally Determined Contributions) by its members, Canada has reinforced the engagement with a decrease of fossil fuel consumption through a federal policy ...

• A Speculative Exploration into the Current Planning Paradigm through Academic Planner Perspectives 

  Chandy, Johan (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-28)

  This thesis centres on research aimed at understanding the essence of the current planning paradigm, identifying the factors that facilitate or hinder paradigm shifts, and determining the prevailing paradigm that governs ...

• Value Chain and Vulnerabilities in Small-Scale Fisheries Communities of Makoko, Lagos, Nigeria 

  CHUKWUEMEKA, HAPPINESS (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-26)

  This thesis aims to understand the value chain in the Makoko fishing community historically as well as the current perspective. The study examined how value chain contributes to vulnerabilities in a small-scale fishing ...

• Growing pains: Overcoming barriers to nature-based coastal adaptation projects through collaboration 

  Jones, Devon (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-26)

  Coastal climate impacts have evolved so that the solutions that infrastructure managers have historically used to adapt to flooding may no longer be sufficient. Consequently, many have begun to consider alternatives to ...

• The Impacts of China’s ETS on Firm Competitiveness; Evidence from the Power and Heat Production Sector 

  Zhang, Mingming (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-25)

  Carbon emissions are one of the primary causes of climate change. In the coming decades, the economic costs to deal with climate change are estimated to be 10% of the global GDP. To mitigate the threats, Emission Trading ...

• Characterizing the Dynamics of Otto Glacier, Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic: 1992-2020 

  Wagner, Monika (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)

  The mass loss observed from glaciers in the Canadian Arctic is unprecedented over recent decades (Hugonnet et al., 2021) and is the third largest contributor to global sea level rise (Derksen et al., 2019). One way in which ...

• Political movement: The role of grassroots activism on the development of wastewater treatment policy in Victoria, Canada 

  St Amand, Chloe (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)

  The City of Victoria has been discharging untreated sewage into the Pacific Ocean since 1894 (CRD 2017b; Kines 2020; Meissner 2021). On December 15th, 2020, this practice stopped after the opening of the $775 million ...

• Impacts of COVID-19 on Municipal Solid Waste Systems in Ontario, Canada: A Retrospective Reflection of Learnings from Municipalities 

  Giesbrecht, Michelle (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-20)

  Over the last decade, Ontario’s waste management industry has been under immense strain that could be considered a crisis. Between high waste generation, rapidly depleting landfill space, and land availability to replenish ...

• Adaptation for whom? Assessing Environmental Equity within British Columbia’s Climate Change Adaptation Policies 

  Huynh, Thy (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-20)

  Climate change is expected to disproportionately affect social groups and geographical regions made vulnerable by persistent social inequalities understood in terms of race, Indigenous status, age, gender, and disability ...

• Sustainable Urban Development - a Nexus of Understanding, Methodology, and Governance 

  Rauf, Muhammad Adil (University of Waterloo, 2023-09-19)

  Sustainability management requires facing tradeoffs between socioeconomic and environmental objectives, while integrating contextual variations into strategic and business goals to create a win-win situation. However, ...

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