The project, led by Dr. Michael Drescher, is a cross-faculty collaboration involving University of Waterloo researchers from the Faculties of Environment, Science and Engineering, and includes 16 external partners from municipal government, industry and non-governmental organizations. One of the collaborators is Dr. Dawn Parker in the School of Planning.
The project will investigate how residential developments impact land and water resources, and how this affects urban greenhouse gas emissions. Anticipated outcomes of the project include enhancements to site plan applications and increased sustainability of residential developments.
“We must solve the housing affordability crisis,” said Dr. Michael Drescher. “But we should not do this by amplifying the climate and biodiversity crises. We can and must do better.”
This project is one of six University of Waterloo projects under this fund advancing climate change science and technology that will help Canadians mitigate and adapt to climate change.
More details can be found in the Government of Canada News Release.