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Fall 2011

Forbes, Keldi

This study was undertaken to examine the economic value of government sponsored control programs to limit the levels of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Alberta. Respondents’ knowledge, attitudes and preferences concerning aspects of CWD including control methods were also addressed. Employing an...

Fall 2021

Patel, Sonak

This thesis contributes to energy social sciences, examining the potential of municipal renewable energy projects and employing a novel theoretical framework intersecting the theory of planned behaviour and transition theory. I site this work in Alberta, a province with a carbon intensive energy...

Fall 2014

Danso,George K

The overall purpose of the study is to evaluate how water trading could improve water use efficiency in southern Alberta, Canada and how benefits of water reallocation could be achieved in the Nile River basin in Africa. The impact of water scarcity has become more prominent in these areas in...

Fall 2014

Angel, Angela C.

Mobile workers are those individuals who commute to and from resource development projects and who live temporarily in work camps, lodges, hotels, private rental suites, or other short-term accommodations. My thesis specifically explores the over-stereotyped and under-researched lives of male...

Fall 2014

Chen, Minjie

Discrete choice models are often used to estimate non-market values. In standard models, individuals make choices considering all possible alternatives. However, in reality, the set of alternatives individuals consider may differ. Moreover, these choice sets may be influenced by the individual's...

Fall 2023

Skelding, Hannah S

Coal mining in Alberta has proven to be a controversial and heated topic in the past few years. The decision of the Government of Alberta to rescind the 1976 Coal Policy in 2020 provided a new context for coal mining in the province. The future of coal mining in Alberta is complicated by national...

Fall 2014

Noga, Warren M

This study explores the cost effectiveness of conservation offsets and three different methods of obtaining conservation easements. Given limited conservation dollars, conservation programs should be designed a cost effective manner. A new framework for evaluating offset programs is developed...

Spring 2015

Zhen, Miao

Over the last decade, Alberta cattle markets have experienced several extreme events, including the 2003 Canadian bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis and recent episodes of feed price surges. These events may have affected the price volatility of Alberta cattle and its interdependencies...

Spring 2021

Schiffner, Daniel

There are over 600,000 registered oil and gas wells in the province of Alberta, many of these are inactive wells that do not produce resource yet do present a significant environmental risk and financial liability in cleanup costs. There are no regulations stipulating the maximum length of time a...

Spring 2016

Muringai, Violet

Consumers’ concerns about animal diseases, production and processing methods could drive their choices of food products. Consumers’ choices of food products will influence their nutritional status. Understanding preferences for food products could inform policy and assist in forecasting future...