This online database contains the full-text of PhD dissertations and Masters’ theses of Wilfrid Laurier University students from 1982 forward. These documents are made available for personal study and research purposes only, in accordance with the Canadian Copyright Act and the Creative Commons license—CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivative Works). Under this license, works must always be attributed to the copyright holder (original author), cannot be used for any commercial purposes, and may not be altered. Any other use would require the permission of the copyright holder. Students can choose to withdraw their dissertation and/or thesis from this database. For additional inquiries, please contact the repository administrator via e-mail or by telephone at 519-884-0710 ext. 2073.
Theses/Dissertations from 1994
An attitudinal evaluation of collaboration in the community economic development process in southwestern Ontario, Lisa Susanne McCormick
The demand side of farmers' markets in Kitchener-Waterloo: An examination of the Waterloo, St. Jacobs and Kitchener farmers' markets (Ontario), Dana Glenn Wells
Theses/Dissertations from 1993
User fees for residential waste disposal: Issues, feasibility and a case study of decision-making (Ontario), Pietro Bertollo
Seasonal hydrology and geochemistry of two small high Arctic catchments, Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Julia Boike
Voronoi diagrams as a visualization technique for spatial autocorrelation in point data sets, Martin A. Cassel
Agro-climatic hazards and the political economy of food insecurity in West Africa: A case of a rural food economy, Raphael Lawer Djabatey
Barriers to achieving sustainable development in North America: Historical naivety, media limitations and non-anticipatory governance, Blair Wayne Feltmate
Theoretical and empirical examinations of spatial scale and aggregation effects on the principal axis factoring technique when the observations are areal units, Len Michael Hunt
Pandemic influenza: An analysis of the spread of influenza in Kitchener, October 1918 (Ontario), Niall Phillip Alan Sean Johnson
An analysis of Canadian international & interprovincial manufacturing export flows: 1974-1990, H. Lillian Kucsma
The potential environmental consequences of utilizing sewage sludge as fertilizer on agricultural lands: A case study of the region of Waterloo (Ontario), Benjamin C. Mohabir
Iceberg severity off the Canadian east coast (an analysis of the 1991 iceberg season), Jerome Edward Salloum
Organizations and attitudes in the local economic development process: A case study of the West Parry Sound Area (Ontario), Darin Gregory Tucci
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
River channel stability and the implications for fish habitat, John T. Beebe
Investigation of hydrometeorological relationships, Pasu Glacier basin, northern Pakistan, Bob Boyce
Ontario's blue box as an agent of change, Robert Nathaniel Burgess
The Campus Map: The Case of Wilfrid Laurier University, Tanya Dykshoorn
The impact of the Bruce Nuclear Power Development planned workforce increase on Kincardine, Ontario, Robert Mark Flesch
The benefits trickled up: The political geography of water provision in Paris, Ontario, 1882-1924, John Solomon Hagopian
National and provincial park service responses to human-induced ecological change in Ontario, Maria Theresia Kothbauer
The energy crisis: The case of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with special reference to Nigeria, Ghana and Burkina Faso, Francis Bliss Lagbo
The role of the vadose zone in the generation of runoff from a headwater basin in the Canadian shield, Robert Alex MacLean
Hydrologic investigations of meltwaters draining Gornergletscher and Findelengletscher, Switzerland using hydrochemistry and isotopic analyses, Robert A. Metcalfe
Multiple hazard research in Kananaskis Country, Alberta: A Geographical Information System approach, Alastair J. Small
Theses/Dissertations from 1991
Population concentration or deconcentration in Ontario? An examination of recent patterns and probable causal factors, Sinisa Aleksa
Determination of morphologic and volumetric change, Peyto Glacier, Alberta, 1966-1989, Peter J. Glenday
Rural-urban migration and squatter settlement formation in African cities: A case study of a Ghanaian squatter settlement (Tema), Thomas Y. Owunsu
A case study of black West Indian migrants in urban Canada: The decision to migrate, Patrick Richardson
Gentrification in Canadian inner cities: An investigation of major factors (Montreal, Quebec, Toronto, Ontario, Winnipeg, manitoba, Vancouver, British Columbia), M. Anne Sinclair-Puchtinger
Technological development in Mississauga and Canada's Technology Triangle: A calibrated application of the product life cycle, J. Colin Wright
Consumer spatial shopping behaviour analysis: A case study of the Kitchener CMA (Ontario), Yalin Wu
Theses/Dissertations from 1990
Water quality dynamics in meltwaters draining Peyto Glacier, Alberta, Christopher Bradley
Bed load measurements: Nottawasaga River and selected tributaries, Ontario, Canada, Marylou B. Burkard
The impact of multi-stop, multi-purpose shopping on the location and efficiency of a supermarket chain: A location-allocation approach, Andrea K. Dawkins
Elderly housing choice: A case study of Brantford, Ontario, David Owen Diegel
The effect of mid-winter snowmelt events on nitrate and ammonium concentration in the unsaturated and shallow saturated zones: A case study, Richard J. Elgood
Characteristic discharge and suspended-sediment relationships in two glacier-fed rivers in the Karakoram, Richard E.J. Kelly
Depositional and deformational structures in three 'esker-like' ridges, southwestern Ontario, John D. Parish
An evaluation of phosphorus export from four urban land uses during summer rainfall-runoff events in the Laurel Creek watershed, E. Martin Pemberton
Summer stormflow generation in a small Precambrian Shield basin, Larry C. Pezzuto
Identifying directional properties of spatial point patterns an investigation of two methods, Rolf Puchtinger
The impact of teaching cartographic lexicon and of geographic experience on map use, James Cuame Saku
High technology industry and material linkages in the Toronto region, Jim Torretto
Regulatory reform and the Ontario for-hire motor carrier industry: An investigation of associated impacts, Clarence G. Woudsma
Theses/Dissertations from 1989
The changing Canadian inventive spatial economic pattern: An urban and regional analysis between 1881 and 1986, S.L. Brian Ceh
Ablation on Barpu glacier, Karakoram Himalaya, Pakistan a study of melt processes on a faceted, debris-covered ice surface, Mohammad Inamullah Khan
Environmental planning of large-scale water projects: The Three Gorges Dam case, China, Long Li
The perception of refuse in West African cities the case of Techiman, Ghana, Joseph Mensah
University growth-poles and the Canadian aggregate situation, Stephen Paul Meyer
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Carbon dioxide emissions and fossil fuel consumption a Canadian perspective, John Peter Doucet
Interbasin water transfers: An appropriate management practice for the Great Lakes?, David M. Krentz
Canadian railway museums and visitor attraction, Walter Gordon Miller McWilliams
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Scarcity-Induced Conflict: The Lebanese-Israeli Conflict Over Water, Hussein A. Amery
Irrigation agriculture in high mountain communities the example of Hopar villages, Pakistan, David Aaron Otto Butz
An assessment and comparison of hazardous waste management Hessen, FRG and Ontario, Canada, Elaine F. Collis
Irrigation water use in southern Ontario, Kenneth Iain MacDonald
The evolution of retail business in central business districts in response to the introduction of a downtown shopping mall a case study of the CBD in Thunder Bay North, Mark Jordan Smith
The effect of particle size on phosphate adsorption by fluvial sediment, Michael F.A. Stone
Spatial and temporal variation of snow accumulation in the central Karakoram, northern Pakistan, Cameron Parker Wake
The incorporation of environmental perception information into wilderness park safety planning, Thomas Craig Waldichuk
Housing Policy and Housing Satisfaction in the People’s Republic of China: A Behavioural Approach Applied in the City of Xian, Jidong Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
An Analysis of the Spatial and Economic Variations of Ethnic Groups, Ontario, Jayati Ghosh
An Assessment of Hybrid Poplar Biomass Plantations for Ontario, Peter Caleb Sturrup
The Changing Residential Structure of Toronto’s Core, Ann C. Weiss
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Current, erosional and depositional patterns at a river confluence and bend in the Nottawasaga River, Angus, Ontario, Gregory Robert Brooks
Towards the measurement of regional inequities through patterns of ideally generated socio-economic indicators, Richard C. Campbell
The pilgrimage to Elvis Presley's Graceland: A study of the meanings of place, James W. Davidson
The role of federal programs and policies in the conversion of wetlands in southern Ontario, Terrie Gwladys Radke
Environmental Perception and its Impacts on the Tourist Industry: A Case Study of the Niagara Region, Donna Marie Senese
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Communities in transition Elmira and St. Jacobs, Ontario : a study of resident and retailer attitudes toward tourism, Frances Hohol
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
The custom profile extrusion industry in southern Ontario an economic and geographic examination of a growth-pole, Melvyn William Beetham
Consumer images of shopping centres a socio-economic analysis, David W. Bell
Community access in northern Ontario the problem of orphan roads, David A. Frentress
Arson in Toronto: A geographical perspective (Ontario), James Richards
Regional variations among ethnic groups in Ontario a core-periphery model, Robert George Sharpe
Institutional arrangements for flood plain management in Ontario an analysis of the West Ferris Flood Plain management Study, Dan Shrubsole
The utilization of wood as an energy resource in Ontario, Ronald Harvey Walder
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Flume experiments on bedforms and structures at the dune-plane bed transition, Francis P.J. Lockett
Vegetation pattern and disturbance effects in the subalpine-alpine interface, Valley of the Ten Peaks, Alberta, Katherine J. Miller
Topologic structure of cellular networks a spatial autocorrelation approach, Pamela K. Morgan
An examination of the geographic and socioeconomic spaces of ethnic groups in Toronto a core-periphery perspective, Amy Chor Yee Wong
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
An Analysis of Spatial Trends and Factors Associated with Population Growth for Small Towns in Southwestern Ontario, 1961-1976, Michael Lloyd Schnare
The Quality Outdoor Recreation Component in Multi-Purpose Conservation Areas: A User Assessment Devised, and Applied to Pinehurst Lake Conservation Area, Gerald Carl Thomas
Tobago: The Spatial Development of a Caribbean Tourist Industry, David Bruce Weaver
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
The Impact of Physical Design and Surrounding Land Use on Residents’ Perceptions and Attitudes Towards High Density Housing, Jeffrey George Ahonen
Periodic Market Systems in South-East Ghana: A Study of their Spatial Relations for Development Planning, Kofi Aikins Asamoah
Perception of Shopping Centers: An Empirical Study, Cathy Jean Burns
Agricultural Land Search Behavior: A Study of Agricultural Relocation in the Niagara Fruit Belt, Peter J. de Boer
Channel Patterns of the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada—An Example in a Post-Glaciated Landscape, George Okoye K’Rhoda
Environmental Reconstruction in the Orangeville Moraine, John R. Nephew
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Spatial Context and Temporal Aspects of the Sensitive Area Concept in Ontario, Barbara Elizabeth Anderson
Sedimentary Structures and Paleocurrents in a Flashy Channel, Kevin Bellamy
The North American Truck Manufacturing Industry, Mark M. Laine
Regional Economic Development in Ontario: The Problems of Both Federal and Provincial Government Involvement, John Brandon Lander
An Investigation of Land Prices and Related Factors in Wellington County from 1961–71, Janet Eluned Morris
Hydrographic Regions of Northern Ontario, Robert J. Thorpe
The Evolution of the City of Timmins: A Single-Industry Community, Joe G. Torlone