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Spring 2019

Karsten, Lloyd Andrew Maurice

Traffic signs play a critical role in the safety and efficiency of any roadway, but with limited information on the current status of traffic sign inventories, the placement and condition of traffic signs goes largely unchecked. Therefore, the collection of a complete traffic sign inventory (TSI)...

Fall 2021

Kilani, Omar

This thesis focuses on intersection sight distance design, which is an extremely critical element in ‎urban road design. Research has shown that providing adequate sight distance contributes to safe ‎operation at intersections. Conversely, a restricted sight distance impacts drivers’ fields of...

Spring 2014

French, Christopher M

The Mackenzie Delta is the second largest northern delta in the world. The water from the Delta entering the Beaufort Sea has a significant impact on its dynamics. Areas in the Delta were surveyed using LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). The goals of this study were to characterize the...

Fall 2017

Willier, Caitlin N

Roads built through peatlands with horizontal water flow can to act as dams that affect local hydrology and thus vegetation composition and structure. On the ‘upstream’ side of roads, soils can become waterlogged causing either increased tree mortality, or stunted tree growth; conversely, the...

Fall 2024

Jiang, Honglin

The increasing adoption of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology offers a promising avenue for automating the identification of road features. However, due to the complexity and density of the point cloud, most research focuses on extracting single or binary road elements from the LiDAR...

Spring 2022

Elshabrawy, Mohamed Mansour

Wildland fires are natural occurrences in the woodland landscape that play a vital ecological role in Canada's boreal forest region. However, they also endanger human life and can disrupt timber resources and other economic assets. Recently, wildfires have ravaged areas of British Columbia,...

Spring 2023

Duan, Menglei

Secondary succession is defined as natural regeneration following complete forest clearance from anthropogenic or natural disturbances. Traditional strategies aimed to map and characterize secondary succession using remote sensing are usually based on deterministic approaches, where transitions...

Fall 2023

Casey, Brendan

Boreal forests are changing in response to climate change and shifts in disturbance regimes. Statistical models that link distribution, abundance, and community structure to select environmental variables have been used to understand how birds respond to these changes. However, model performance...

Spring 2015

Jensen, Daniel E

Gaps in the forest canopy are common in boreal aspen, spruce and mixedwood stands and can negatively affect forest volume. Data from four Alberta Vegetation Inventory (AVI) polygons, two aspen (Populus tremuloides) and two white spruce (Picea glauca), were analysed to determine how forest volume...

Fall 2013

Hartman, Sharlene E.

The Crowsnest Pass area, located in the Rocky Mountain foothills of the Canadian Cordillera, provides an exceptional example of a thin-skinned thrust belt from which the deformational history can be determined. Use of LiDAR (light detection and ranging) data, acquired by high-resolution remote...