Environmental Geography
Photo by Dylan Di
GEOG 419
2021 Winter Term 2
A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Plastic Bag Ban in Vancouver
Manuscript under Review
Di, Q., Li, Y., Yu, B., & Shi, A. The Future of Banning: A Comparative Study on the Effectiveness of Plastic Bag Ban in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN GEOGRAPHER / LE GÉOGRAPHE CANADIEN. Paper ID: 05-22-TCG-938
Abstract
Plastic pollution has become one of the most urgent environmental problems, and forbidding the use of plastic products is regarded as a popular method to reduce plastic waste. As Vancouver became the latest major city to conduct a full prohibition across Canada, investigating the effectiveness of the plastic ban is essential in the green urbanism context. This research will analyze Vancouver’s plastic bag ban from both neighborhood scale and global scale, by modeling the socio-demographic differences and comparing the previously conducted policies worldwide. Results show that the City of Vancouver Government needs to improve on enclosing the gap in populations’ education level to reduce the spatial disparity of the effectiveness of the full-scale plastic bag ban across Vancouver neighborhoods (aka on a local scale). However, the ban is also relatively effective compared with other popular policies. This study offers suggestions on how Vancouver can better conduct the plastic ban based on the socio-demographic features, and the previous experience learned from other regions.
Instructor: Natasha Fox
A Sticker on the Stop Sign Near Lougheed Highway in Burnaby, BC.
Photographs by Dylan Di
GEOG 319
2020 Winter Term1
A Case Study on the Environmental Impact Assessment of Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Approval
A group project cooperated with Natalie Tong.
This project analyzed the political and economic reasons why the final decision of TMX project approval is against the results of EIA process. It also called for more attention on Indigenous voices when reconsidering this decision.
Instructor: Nina Hewitt
An iceberg at the edge of the Baffin Bay's sea ice
Photo from Tech. Sgt. Dan Rea, U.S. Air Force
EOSC 315
2020 Winter Term 2
The Arctic Marine System in Baffin Bay
A group project cooperated with Y. Han, W. Ma and X. Sha.
This poster showed the biotic and abiotic factors in Baffin Bay, which represented a typical Arctic marine ecosystem. It also explained the food web in this area and the ecosystem function changes overtime.
Instructor: Michael Lipsen
An employee examines electronic waste waiting to be recycled
Photograph by Zoran Milich, Getty Image
GEOG 211
2019 Winter Term 2
Electronic Waste Pollution: New Challenge in the Era of Information
This individual research paper examined the e-waste issue based on the perspective of the Driving force-Pressures-State-Impacts-Responses Framework (The DSPIR Framework), introduce how to measure it, and if there is abundant data for further research. The paper also discussed the potential effects on the society and environment in the future and the projections in reaction to the e-waste issue.
Instructor: Loch Brown