Land Use and River Systems: Impacts of Suburban Residential Development on Channel Stability and Water Supply, Oak Ridges Moraine, Southern Ontario

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dc.contributor.advisorRobert, Andre
dc.creatorMilan, Alison
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-27T16:33:40Z
dc.date.available2018-08-27T16:33:40Z
dc.date.copyright2018-03-27
dc.date.issued2018-08-27
dc.date.updated2018-08-27T16:33:40Z
dc.degree.disciplineGeography
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMSc - Master of Science
dc.description.abstractTo better understand the impacts of suburbanization on rivers and with the sensitivity of the Oak Ridges Moraine in mind, this study examined the geomorphology and hydrology of streams running through small, primarily residential developments in the Humber River headwaters. Local scale impacts were analyzed by comparing paired upstream reference reaches to reaches downstream of developments in Caledon East, Palgrave, and Bolton. Channel morphology was assessed via bank soil strength measurements, vegetation cover, quantification of large woody debris, and visual assessment, allowing for inferences about potential downstream bank degradation symptomatic of streams in urban areas. Hydrology was evaluated using continuously measured water level and empirically estimated discharge, comparing hydrograph features between paired sites. Caledon East exhibited changes in morphology and hydrology symptomatic of the urban stream syndrome. Similar changes were seen at Bolton, but anomalously lower flows downstream confounded results. Palgrave did not exhibit impacts characteristic of urbanized streams.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/34978
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectHydrologic sciences
dc.subject.keywordsGeography
dc.subject.keywordsPhysical geography
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental science
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironment
dc.subject.keywordsPlanning
dc.subject.keywordsSuburban planning
dc.subject.keywordsHydrology
dc.subject.keywordsWater supply
dc.subject.keywordsUrban stream syndrome
dc.subject.keywordsMorphology
dc.subject.keywordsFluvial
dc.subject.keywordsGeomorphology
dc.subject.keywordsGeomorphic
dc.subject.keywordsHydrologic
dc.subject.keywordsRunoff
dc.subject.keywordsLand cover
dc.subject.keywordsDischarge
dc.subject.keywordsWater level
dc.subject.keywordsHydrograph
dc.subject.keywordsAnthropogenic impacts
dc.subject.keywordsErosion
dc.subject.keywordsBank instability
dc.subject.keywordsBank stability
dc.subject.keywordsSuburb
dc.subject.keywordsSuburban
dc.subject.keywordsExurban
dc.subject.keywordsScience
dc.subject.keywordsField study
dc.subject.keywordsCase study
dc.subject.keywordsOak Ridges Moraine
dc.subject.keywordsCaledon
dc.subject.keywordsOntario
dc.subject.keywordsSouthern Ontario
dc.subject.keywordsSuburbanization
dc.subject.keywordsResidential development
dc.subject.keywordsManning
dc.subject.keywordsBolton
dc.subject.keywordsCaledon East
dc.subject.keywordsPalgrave
dc.subject.keywordsHumber
dc.subject.keywordsHumber River
dc.subject.keywordsRiver
dc.subject.keywordsReference reach
dc.titleLand Use and River Systems: Impacts of Suburban Residential Development on Channel Stability and Water Supply, Oak Ridges Moraine, Southern Ontario
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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