Geography & Environment Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Geography, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
To stay or move on: Retention of higher education graduates in Canadian regions, 2013-2019, Anthony Abbot Sangmen
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Environmental Influences on E-cigarette Use Among Young People, Zoe O. Askwith
Measuring the Morphologic Response of Braided Rivers to Lateral Constriction, Victoria Barlow
Evaluating Morphology Changes of Designed Rivers with a Geomorphic Form Variation (GFV) Approach, Corey Dawson
Land, wind, and power in M’Chigeeng First Nation: Perceptions of Indigenous-owned community energy in the Canadian context of low-carbon transition and reconciliation, Carelle P. Mang-Benza
Digital geographies of Indigenous health: Exploring Indigenous Mental Health content from Turtle Island during COVID-19, Veronica Reitmeier
Aspects of food security and climate change resilience in Semi-arid Northern Ghana, Sulemana A. Saaka
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Climate Change Vulnerability and Perceived Resilience Among Smallholder Farmers in the Upper West Region of Ghana, Evans Sumabe Batung
Working Within Constraints: Examining the Effectiveness of Local Network Governance in Addressing Complex Social Challenges, Merlin R. Chatwin
Pollinator People: an ethnography of bees, bee advocates and possibilities for multispecies commoning in Toronto and London, ON, Rebecca A. Ellis
Place, community ownership and the role of leaseholders within the social dynamics of wind energy projects in two Ontario communities, Parveen Grewal
Using spatial methods to analyse anthropogenic predation risk and movement ecology of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Rhiannon D. Kirton
The Spatial Equity of Dockless Micromobility Sharing Systems in Calgary, Canada, Vivian Kong
Agroecology, Ecosystem Services and Crop Health and Productivity: A Participatory Geospatial Analysis in Northern Malawi, Daniel Luke Kpienbaareh
Social Structure And Cohesiveness Of GPS Tracked Wild Pigs In The Southeastern United States, Jack McIlraith
Impacts Of Climate Change On Food Security And Smallholder Livelihoods In Northern Ghana, Kamaldeen Mohammed
Comparison of Heterotrophic Activity in Forested Streams Originating from Wetland and Agricultural Tile Drainage Sources, Rebecca Poisson
Food Insecurity in the Agrarian Household: An Analysis of Gendered Identity, Conjugal Dynamics, and Coping in Northwestern Benin, Rosalind Ragetlie
Bed particle dispersion and scour in the San Juan (Pacheedaht) River, Meghan Sauro
Community Attitudes and Wind Energy Development Types: A Comparative Study in Ontario and Nova Scotia, Sara M. Wilson
An Investigation of Epiphytic Diatom Substrate Specificity and Its Use in Paleolimnology, David Rawn Zilkey
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Transit Network Design using GIS and Metaheuristics in Sanandaj, IRAN, Armin Ahmadi
HIV vulnerability and resilience among heterosexual African, Caribbean and Black men in London Ontario, Canada, Roger Antabe
The Experiential Learning Connections between University and Community: Recent Ontario Experience, Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei
(In)visible Lives: Exploring Lesbian Migrant Spaces of Belonging in South Africa, Kayla Baumgartner
Amount and Sources of Population Variability in the Metabolome of a Crayfish Species, Cora Bilhorn
Examining Geographic and Social Barriers to HIV Treatment Adherence in Kampala, Uganda, Gabrielle Bruser
Examining the environmental influences on physical activity among children in rural Northern Ontario, Brenton L G Button
Airborne Observations of Thermal Anisotropy from Urban Residential Neighbourhoods in Salt Lake City, Utah, Samantha J. Claessens
Energy Access and Extreme Heat Events: A case study of seniors in Ottawa, Ontario, Samantha N. Doris
Reconstructing carbon dynamics of alpine and temperate zone lakes using stable isotopic analysis, Rebecca M. Doyle
Ground warming leads to changes in carbon cycling in northern fen peatlands: implications for carbon storage, Ericka James
Examining the Impact of Participatory Agroecology on Social Capital, Sustainable Land Management and Nutrition in Smallholder Farming Communities in Malawi, Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga
Immigrant’s Personal Network in the Integration Process: a case study of Ghanaian immigrants’ in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area, Emmanuel Kojo Kyeremeh
Understanding the Support for Municipal Green Bin Programs, Oluwatomilola Ladele
Examination of Institutional Investment in the United States of America from 1999 to 2018, Martin R. Lefebvre
A novel spatio-temporal examination of children's accessibility, exposure, and engagement to parks and recreation spaces in Middlesex-London, Ontario, Malcolm K. Little
Equity Considerations in Active School Travel Interventions, Alina Medeiros
A Walkthrough of the Canadian Video Game Industry: An Economic Geography Perspective on the Digital Entertainment Frontier, Grant L. Morin
Investigating Children's Experiences and Participation in a Free Community-Based Physical Activity Program: The Grade 5 ACT-i-Pass, Emma E. Ostermeier
Condition and function of Red River Valley streams receiving nutrients from human activities in Manitoba, Canada, Kristin J. Painter
Can Community Gardens Improve Food Banks and Food Centers? Lessons from two Southwestern Ontario cases, Sydney Phillips
Experiencing rural household food insecurity: A broad examination and regional example, Angela Piaskoski
Treasure Amongst the Ruins: The Policy and Practices of Adaptive Reuse of Urban Industrial Buildings in Ontario, Marcello Vecchio
Signs with a Side of Fries: The influence of outdoor advertising on retail food outlet purchases by adolescents, Alexander Wray
Pregnancy in Peril: The impact of conflict on antenatal care and skilled birth attendant utilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi, Bianca R. Ziegler
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
The Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Impacts of Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Coastal Tanzania, Kilian Nasung Atuoye
Timely Access to Maternal, Neonatal and Child Healthcare for rural communities in Rwanda: The Role of Community Health Workers, Jean Bosco Bigirimana
The Politics of Where: The Federal Government and Canada's Urbanization, 1867-2017, Charles D. Crenna
Early warning of global change effects on catchment nutrient exports, Haibin Dong
Social and municipal influences on electric vehicle purchases, Jordan M. Fuller
HIV vulnerabilities among heterosexual African, Caribbean and other Black men in London, Ontario, Irenius Konkor
Response of Stream Biofilm Function to Pulsed Increases in Velocity and Nutrients: An Artificial Stream Study, Chris Lucas
Bed particle displacement in a wandering gravel-bed river, Ryan McQueen
Vegetation and Tree Species Classification Using Multidate and High-resolution Satellite Imagery and Lidar Data, Matthew Roffey
Empirical Analysis of Urban Sprawl in Canadian Census Metropolitan Areas using Satellite Imagery, 1986-2016, Xiaoxuan Sun
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Health Perceptions of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Transmission in the Upper West Region of Ghana, Florence Wullo Anfaara
The Governance of Climate Change Adaptation in Canada: Two Multilevel Case Studies, Daniel J. Bednar
Internationalization of Higher Education within Canada’s Migration Management Framework: Supply Side of International Student Migration, Alexandra Bozheva
Does It Work? Examining the Effectiveness of Place Branding in Local Economic Development, Evan P. Cleave
Effects of Aerial LiDAR Data Density on the Accuracy of Building Reconstruction, Peter Crawford
Causes and consequences of soil carbon mobilization and lake brownification in northern forested landscapes, Óscar Esbrí Senar
Atmospheric change promotes increasing cyanobacteria dominance in Swedish lakes, Erika Christiane Freeman
The Effect of Sub-Facet Scale Geometry on Vertical Facet Temperatures in Urban Street Canyons, Rainer V.J. Hilland
Examining Climate Change-Health Nexus in Ghana, Lucia Kafui Hussey
The Creative Destruction of Place in an Ontario Heritage Conservation District, Wes Kinghorn
Patterns and Drivers of Stream Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Taxonomy and Function in Agroecosystems, Edward M. Krynak
Crop monitoring and yield estimation using polarimetric SAR and optical satellite data in southwestern Ontario, Chunhua Liao
The Changing Spaces of Racialized Contestation in Brampton, Ontario; A Multimedia Analysis, Stuart Emberg McHenry
Metabolomics for Biomonitoring: Evaluation, Recommendations, and Test of Efficacy, Sarah M. McKenzie
Paddling the Biigtig: A case study of Environmental Repossession through canoeing, Kathleen Mikraszewicz
Comparing geospatial approaches to delineating children’s interactions with their physical environments: A case study of children in rural Northwestern Ontario, Katherine L. Schieman
Ontario's Small Non-Community Drinking Water Systems: How to Ensure Provision of Safe Drinking, Mehmet Fatih Sekercioglu
Water Governance in the Lerma-Chapala Basin of Mexico: A Shift from State-centred to a Multi-stakeholder Approach?, Luis F. Silva Jimenez
Examining geographic variation in children's perceived barriers to physical activity and the implications on behaviour, Leah Gabrielle Taylor
Space-Time Analysis of Breast Cancer in Middlesex County Between 2003 and 2013, Jenny T. Tjhin
Developing and Testing a Novel Intervention to Reduce Household Food Waste, Paul van der Werf
The Differentiation of Smallholder Farming and Household Food Responsibilities in Northern Ghana, Siera Vercillo
The uphill battle of environmental technologies: Analysis of local discourses on the acceptance and resistance of Green Bin programs, Carrie Warring
Hierarchical Variation in Cellulose Decomposition Across Southern Ontario Reference Streams, Jenna R. Webb
The Transitioning Nutrition Status of Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Jason Mulimba Were
Microclimate Variability of Select Toronto Neighbourhoods Under Hot Summertime Conditions, Timothy Wiechers
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
A Method for Hemispherical Ground Based Remote Sensing of Urban Surface Temperatures, Michael A. Allen
A Gendered Perspective On Migrant Women Farmers’ Lived Experiences In The Brong-Ahafo Region Of Ghana, Jemima Nomunume Baada
Wilket Creek: urbanization, geomorphology, policy, and design, Danielle Barr
Community-based Health Planning and Services and Women’s Access to Health Care in the Upper West Region of Ghana, Joseph Asumah Braimah
Exploring Factors Influencing Children's Use of a Free Recreation Access Pass: Does Geography Matter?, Joannah M. Campbell
The Development and Evaluation of a Smartphone Nutrition Intervention for Adolescents, Sarah A. Cappuccitti