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 2017
Exploring Geographic Variations in Community and Consumer Food Environments for Children, Catherine DuBreck
Identification of Thresholds in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities Associated with Agricultural Land Cover, Jeremy Peter Grimstead
Geosimulation and Multicriteria Modelling of Residential Land Development in the City of Tehran: A Comparative Analysis of Global and Local Models, Hossein Hosseini
Meander belt delineation: Developing a predictive model for meander belt width, Julia Howett
Spatio-temporal Variation of Benthic Metabolism in a Large Regulated River, Craig Irwin
An Application of Remote Sensing to a Copper Porphyry Site in Central Peru, Niyomi Khalid
Temporal Variability In The Daytime Green Roof Energy Balance During Drying Periods, Dimuth C. Kurukulaarachchi
Confrontational Stigma and Contested ‘Green’ Developments: Biosolid Facility Siting in the Rural Landscape, Sarah A. Mason-Renton
The Other Side of the Enclave: Local Perspectives on the Onset of Mass Tourism in Jamaica, Shenika A. McFarlane-Morris
Planform Change and Bedload Transport in Braiding Rivers, Lara Middleton
Youth Engagement in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in the Upper East Region of Ghana, Lydia Osei
Morphological Bedload Transport in Gravel-Bed Braided Rivers, Sarah E. K. Peirce
Rate of Vegetation Recovery in Restored Prairie Wetlands, Saloni Salaria
Examining the Impact of a Population-Based Intervention on Children's Physical Activity Levels: The Grade 5 ACT-i-Pass Program in London, Ontario, Christine E. Smith
Rekindling the Flame: An Exploration of the Relationships Between Health, Culture and Place Among Urban First Nations Men Living in London, Ontario, Cindy Smithers Graeme
Therapeutic Landscapes of Home: Exploring Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Home as a Place of Birth in London, Ontario, Caren Thayer
Exploring the Health Benefits of Nature for Children in Urban, Suburban, and Rural Settings, Suzanne Tillmann
Understanding Parent and Child Perceptions of Barriers and Enablers Influencing Active School Travel, Katherine Wilson
Quality Assessment of the Canadian OpenStreetMap Road Networks, Hongyu Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Probiotic Yoghourt for Health, Nutrition and Women's Empowerment in Kenya: A Community-Based Approach, Ellena Andoniou
Environment and Health Perceptions in the Vicinty of Surface Mining Concessions in the Upper West Region of Ghana, Roger Antabe
The Effects of Municipal Waste Disposal Method on Facility Support and Diversion Attitudes and Behaviours, Jason A. Bayne
Channel Form and Processes in a Formerly Glaciated Terrain, Nathaniel Bergman
Lagoon Wastewater Effluent Impacts Stream Metabolism in Red River Tributaries, Chris T. Chesworth
Examining the Food Networks of Small Businesses in a Food District and the Potential for Fostering Local Economic Development, Michael AR Clark
Beyond the Edge of the Planted Field: Exploring Community-Based Environmental Education, and Invisible Losses in Settler and Indigenous Cultural Contexts, Samantha da Rosa Holmes
Coffee Agroecology, Food Sovereignty, and Agrarian Livelihoods in Puerto Rico, Ileana I. Diaz
The Battle of Hastings: A Geographic Perspective, Christopher E. M. Hewitt
Application Of Polarimetric SAR For Surface Parameter Inversion And Land Cover Mapping Over Agricultural Areas, Xiaodong Huang
Uncertainty Analysis of the Performance of a System of Best Management Practices for Achieving Phosphorus Load Reduction to Surface Waters, Jason D.M. Igras
Investigating the Suitability of the Crayfish Metabolome as a Bioindicator of Stream Conditions, Natalie M. Izral
An Investigation of the Marketing Practices of Local Food Businesses in Southwestern Ontario, Mark D. McGregor
Children's Physical Activity and the Built Environment: The Impact of Neighbourhood Opportunities and Contextual Environmental Exposure, Christine A. Mitchell
Stages to Learn: Trees as a Restorative Amenity In and Around Schools, Eli Paddle
Examining the Active Transportation - Built Environment Relationship in London, Ontario, Douglas M. Rivet
Urban Walkability Measures: Data Quality, Cautions, and Associations with Active and Public Transportation Across Canada, Thomas C. Thayer
Assessing Climate Change Adaptation and Health in Coastal Cambodia: The Human-Environment Interaction, Mengieng Ung
An Automated Framework to Identify Lost and Restorable Wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region, Ann Waz
The Contribution of Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) to Community Sustainability and Health in the Upper West Region of Ghana, Hannah M. Woods
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Environment and Human Health in the Anthropocene: Interaction Between Natural and Social Systems in Coastal Tanzania, Frederick A. Armah
Relationship Between Household Food Insecurity and Health in the Upper West Region of Ghana, Kilian Nasung Atuoye
Multi-method Exploration of the Economic Sustainability of Probiotic Yoghurt Kitchens in Mwanza, Tanzania, Emily Eyles
The Effects of Warming Temperatures, Fire, and Landscape Change on Lake Production in Mountain Lakes, Alberta, Canada, Amber Elizabeth Gall
Integration of Multi-Temporal Optical and L-Band Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) Imagery for Hierarchical Agricultural Crop Classification in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, Autumn A. Gambles
Impact of Agroecology Adoption, Migration and Remittance Receipt on Household Welfare, Joseph Kangmennaang
Evolution Towards “Housing First”: A Qualitative Analysis of Service Provider and Participant Perspectives, James Kennedy
Understanding Immigrant Housing Integration in Canada — The Role of Transnational Engagements, Vincent Zubedaar Kuuire
Dendroclimatic Studies of White Spruce in the Yukon Territory, Canada, David S. Morimoto
Enterprising Outsiders: Livelihood Strategies of Cape Town’s forced migrants, Madeleine Ann Northcote
Claims of the City? Rights of the Countryside? Politics of Water Contestation in the Mumbai-Thane Region of India, Bharat Khushal Punjabi
Conceptualizing Response Capacity and Flood Action in the City of Vancouver and District of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, Jonathan P. Raikes
Wind Energy Development in Ontario: Factors Influencing Deployment and Policy Outcomes, Emmanuel T. Songsore
Agrarian Change and Peasant Prospects in Haiti, Marylynn Elizabeth Steckley
"We are the Land": Researching Environmental Repossession with Anishinaabe Elders, Joshua K. Tobias
Mothers’ Perceptions and Experiences of Accessing Maternal Health Care : Exploring the Role of Community Health Workers and Continuing Professional Development in Rwanda:, Germaine Tuyisenge
Adapting to Climate Change: The Case of Multi-level Governance and Municipal Adaptation Planning in Nova Scotia, Canada, Brennan A. Vogel
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Determinants of Health Insurance Enrolment in Ghana's Upper West Region, Jenna Dixon
A sensor view model to investigate the influence of tree crowns on effective urban thermal anisotropy, Daniel R. Dyce
Examining Children's Perceptions and Use of Their Neighbourhood Built Environments: A Novel Participatory Mapping Approach, Stephen Fitzpatrick
Nitrate sources and lake response in high elevation lakes, Uinta Mountains, Utah, Beth J. Hundey
Analytic Network Process (ANP) for Housing Quality Evaluation: A Case Study in Ghana, Lucia Kafui Hussey
Reconstructing the Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Daily Life in the 19th Century City: A Historical GIS Approach, Donald Lafreniere
Land use interactions drive southwestern Ontario stream nutrient concentrations, Renee L. Lazor
A Spatial Exploration of Institutional Investment in Canada for the Year 2010, Martin R. Lefebvre
Agricultural Interventions as a Means to Improving Food Security: Experiences of HIV/AIDS-Affected Households in Northern Malawi, Faith N. Mambulu
Examining the Influence of Environmental Opportunities and Exposures on Children's Sleep Duration, Leanne B. McIntosh
Hungry Farmers: A Political Ecology of Agriculture and Food Security in Northern Ghana, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong
Environmental Health Effects of Multiple Exposures: Systemic Risks and the Detroit River International Crossing Study, Tor H. Oiamo
The Production of Unequal Vulnerability to Flood Hazards in Metro Vancouver, Canada, Greg S. Oulahen
Exploring the Association Between Commute to School Duration and Children's Physical Activity Level and Bodyweight Status, Lucie Richard
Women's Navigation of Maternal Health Services in Ghana's Upper West Region in the Context of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Andrea C. Rishworth
Struggling to Compete: Community-Based Research on Agrarian Change in the Caribbean, Karen A. Ross
The Preferential Loss of Small Geographically Isolated Wetlands on Prairie Landscapes, Jacqueline N. Serran
Multivariate Spatial Visualization using GeoIcons and Image Charts, Bo Shan
Automated Building Information Extraction and Evaluation from High-resolution Remotely Sensed Data, Chuiqing Zeng
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Climate Change and Human Rights: A Case Study of Vulnerability and Adaptation in Coastal Communities in Lagos, Nigeria., Idowu M. Ajibade
Assessing the Impact of Nutritional Education on Gender Roles and Child Care in Northern Malawi, Emmanuel Chilanga
Multiple approaches for assessing mangrove biophysical and biochemical variables using in situ and remote sensing techniques, Francisco Javier Flores de Santiago
Web 2.0-based Collaborative Multicriteria Spatial Decision Support System: A Case Study of Human-Computer Interaction Patterns, Mohammadreza Jelokhani-Niaraki
The Periglacial Landscape Of Utopia Planitia; Geologic Evidence For Recent Climate Change On Mars., Mary C. Kerrigan
GIS-Based Local Ordered Weighted Averaging: A Case Study in London, Ontario, Xinyang Liu
Children's Neighbourhood Geographies: Examining Children's Perception and Use of Their Neighbourhood Environments for Healthy Activity, Janet E. Loebach
Attracting and Retaining the Highly Skilled in Medium-sized City-regions of Ontario: The Role of the Built Environment, Catherine A. McLean
Local Ideal Point Method for GIS-based Multicriteria Analysis: A Case Study in London, Ontario, Xue Qin
The Local Food Environment of Children in London Ontario: A Methodological Comparison, Claudia Rangel
Gendered geographies of food security in Blantyre, Malawi, Liam John Riley
Geographic Issues in Evaluating the Food System and Effective Interventions for Health and the Economy, Richard Casey Sadler
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Geography, News Media Discourse, and Water Management: A Case Study of the Devils Lake Outlet, Daniel J. Bednar
Attracting and Retaining the Highly Skilled in Medium-sized City-regions of Ontario, Kyle Clemens
Changes in the hydrological regime in the Upper Bow and Upper Athabasca Watersheds during the 20th century, Heather A. Haines
Diatoms in Castor Lake (North-Central Washington, USA) – Proxies of Climate and Hydrologic Variation, Kelly D. Hollingshead
“We Should be Listening to Our Elders”: Evaluation of Transfer of Indigenous Knowledge between Anishinabe Youth and Elders, Kassandra Kulmann