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2018-06-01
Stout, Madeleine, Collins, Damian, Stadler, Sophie L., Soans, Ranon, Sanborn, Emma, Summers, Robert J.
A winter city is any urban centre that experiences a long, dark, cold, and/or snowy winter. The Winter Cities movement is a more precise concept, referring to cities taking an active role in becoming more appealing and functional in winter, primarily through physical interventions. The movement...
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Fall 2023
In recent years, the growing concern over fossil fuel supply insecurity and its negative environmental impacts has led researchers to focus on advancing renewable energy technologies. Buildings, which account for a significant portion of global energy consumption, offer great potential for...
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Fall 2018
Background: Lean is a management system aimed at maximizing value by reducing waste and reconfiguring organizational processes that originated from the Toyota manufacturing industry. Lean is increasingly implemented as a quality improvement management system for healthcare. We conceptualize Lean...
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A Review of Alberta’s Economy in 2019 and Overview of Ways to Eliminate Fossil Fuels Using Marxism
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This discussion is an overview of the Albertan economy in 2019 with suggestions to eliminate fossil fuels from the equation. With the current state of the climate, shifting towards sustainable energy will be integral in prolonging the success of our species. The Albertan economy is based heavily...
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2022-01-01
Oliver, Marilène, Hamilton, Alissa, Ingram, Katrina
Know Thyself as a Virtual Reality (KTVR) is an interdisciplinary project that focuses on the ethics and aesthetics of the use of sensitive personal data and virtual reality. This is an exciting, emerging field which holds huge creative potential and striking opportunities for producing new...
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Citizen Engagement in Sustainability Planning: Patterns and Barriers from Hinton and Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada
Download2019-01-01
Hallström, Lars K., Hvenegaard, Glen, Dipa, Susrat Jahan
Canada’s Gas Tax Fund is intended to support municipal sustainability initiatives, provided that each applying municipality formulates a form of Integrated Community Sustainability Plan. Both the federal and provincial governments made citizen participation an important requirement of the...
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Determination of Optimal Sites for Municipal Solid Waste-to-Value-Added Facilities for Canada through Geographical Information System Modelling
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Sustainable management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is one of the biggest challenges faced by economies worldwide. Rising waste generation rates, limited land resources, and environmental and public health issues raised by conventional land disposal have shifted the focus of decision-makers...
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Development of cellulose-based material from wheat straw using a combination of pressurized water and ethanol and high-intensity ultrasound treatments
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The increasing demand for food containers, along with growing petroplastics concerns and Canada's single-use plastic ban, led to an interest in replacing petroplastics with renewable, biodegradable materials like cellulose. Wheat is one of the main cereal crops produced in Canada, and thus, large...
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Engaging Citizens in Sustainable Development in Switzerland, France, Denmark, Malta, Sweden, and the Philippines
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We live in a finite world, and the sooner we come to terms with this, the better. Because the world we live in does not consist of infinite resources, we must understand that sustainable development is necessary for our survival. We can no longer afford to continue utilizing our resources at the...
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Examining contingencies of the plant community–grazing relationship at multiple scales across North America
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Defoliation is a globally ubiquitous driver of plant community structure and function. However, plant community responses to defoliation remain challenging to predict as they are highly context-dependent. Following defoliation, plant community diversity and production may increase, decrease, or...