Virginia Maclaren
Biographic Data
| ID | 6466690 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Maclaren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia |
| FAMILY NAME | Maclaren |
| SIGNATURE | MACLAREN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7809-5519 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Meeting urban GHG reduction goals with waste diversion: Multi-residential buildings
Waste diversion targets are a common characteristic of municipal climate change mitigation plans because about two-thirds of residential waste sent to landfills is degradable and thus contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper focuses on the challenge of achieving waste diversion targets in multi-residential buildings because their diversion rates are much lower than those for single-family homes. A case study of 15 high-rise condo…
Urban household food waste: Drivers and practices in Toronto, Canada
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand determinants of food waste through analysing patterns of practices including shopping, planning, consumption of leftovers and attitudes around best-before dates. Design/methodology/approach A survey and waste composition analysis of 142 households was conducted in the City of Toronto. Bivariate analyses and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using a structural equation model were used to identify…
Evaluation of economic and social impacts of the sloping land conversion program: A case study in Dunhua County, China
Linking Trade, Environment and Social Cohesion: Nafta Expansion, Global Challenges
Professor Emeritus Leslie Curry
Shadow prices of environmental outputs and production efficiency of household-level paper recycling units in Vietnam
Budget sheets and buy-in: Financing community-based waste management in Siem Reap, Cambodia
This paper details some of the difficulties in financing a community-based waste management (CBWM) project for the collection of waste in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It presents a series of financing scenarios based on several potential logistical arrangements. The financial variables investigated include labour costs and honorariums, collection fees, charges for secondary collection, land and equipment costs, and educational programmes. The case study …
The evolution of community concern about landfills in Vietnam
Since the mid-1990s, local community concern about the environmental impacts of landfills in Vietnam has been growing and has escalated to civil disobedience in a number of cases. This paper examines some of the root causes for the rise in concern and compares them to those which are found in industrialised countries. These causes include the negative impacts of the landfill and failure to enforce environmental regulations, increases in the value…
Relative shadow prices of social capital for household-level paper recycling units in Vietnam
Urban Sustainability Reporting
Urban sustainability reporting is a tool for informing local government, as well as individuals, businesses, and other organizations, about the progress that they are making towards achieving urban sustainability. The reporting process starts with the definition of sustainability goals for the community, followed by a scoping stage. Subsequent steps comprise choosing a conceptual framework for reporting, preparing a list of potential sustainabili…
Modeling the Energy, Environmental, and Fiscal Impacts of an Urban Waste Management System
This paper develops a solid‐waste management model that tracts the composition and amount of waste flow in an urban area from Waste generation through to recycling, waste collection, and waste disposal. It also calculates the environmental, economic and fiscal impacts waste management activities. The model is applied to a case study of the compatibility of recycling and a proposed energy‐from‐waste plant in Toronto, Canada. The results indicate t…
The use of social surveys in environmental impact assessment
Evaluation of economic and social impacts of the sloping land conversion program: A case study in Dunhua County, China
Budget sheets and buy-in: Financing community-based waste management in Siem Reap, Cambodia
This paper details some of the difficulties in financing a community-based waste management (CBWM) project for the collection of waste in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It presents a series of financing scenarios based on several potential logistical arrangements. The financial variables investigated include labour costs and honorariums, collection fees, charges for secondary collection, land and equipment costs, and educational programmes. The case study …
The evolution of community concern about landfills in Vietnam
Since the mid-1990s, local community concern about the environmental impacts of landfills in Vietnam has been growing and has escalated to civil disobedience in a number of cases. This paper examines some of the root causes for the rise in concern and compares them to those which are found in industrialised countries. These causes include the negative impacts of the landfill and failure to enforce environmental regulations, increases in the value…
The use of social surveys in environmental impact assessment
The use of social surveys in environmental impact assessment
Modeling the Energy, Environmental, and Fiscal Impacts of an Urban Waste Management System
This paper develops a solid‐waste management model that tracts the composition and amount of waste flow in an urban area from Waste generation through to recycling, waste collection, and waste disposal. It also calculates the environmental, economic and fiscal impacts waste management activities. The model is applied to a case study of the compatibility of recycling and a proposed energy‐from‐waste plant in Toronto, Canada. The results indicate t…
Urban Sustainability Reporting
Urban sustainability reporting is a tool for informing local government, as well as individuals, businesses, and other organizations, about the progress that they are making towards achieving urban sustainability. The reporting process starts with the definition of sustainability goals for the community, followed by a scoping stage. Subsequent steps comprise choosing a conceptual framework for reporting, preparing a list of potential sustainabili…
Relative shadow prices of social capital for household-level paper recycling units in Vietnam
The evolution of community concern about landfills in Vietnam
Since the mid-1990s, local community concern about the environmental impacts of landfills in Vietnam has been growing and has escalated to civil disobedience in a number of cases. This paper examines some of the root causes for the rise in concern and compares them to those which are found in industrialised countries. These causes include the negative impacts of the landfill and failure to enforce environmental regulations, increases in the value…
Shadow prices of environmental outputs and production efficiency of household-level paper recycling units in Vietnam
Budget sheets and buy-in: Financing community-based waste management in Siem Reap, Cambodia
This paper details some of the difficulties in financing a community-based waste management (CBWM) project for the collection of waste in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It presents a series of financing scenarios based on several potential logistical arrangements. The financial variables investigated include labour costs and honorariums, collection fees, charges for secondary collection, land and equipment costs, and educational programmes. The case study …
Linking Trade, Environment and Social Cohesion: Nafta Expansion, Global Challenges
Professor Emeritus Leslie Curry
Evaluation of economic and social impacts of the sloping land conversion program: A case study in Dunhua County, China
Urban household food waste: Drivers and practices in Toronto, Canada
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand determinants of food waste through analysing patterns of practices including shopping, planning, consumption of leftovers and attitudes around best-before dates. Design/methodology/approach A survey and waste composition analysis of 142 households was conducted in the City of Toronto. Bivariate analyses and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using a structural equation model were used to identify…
Meeting urban GHG reduction goals with waste diversion: Multi-residential buildings
Waste diversion targets are a common characteristic of municipal climate change mitigation plans because about two-thirds of residential waste sent to landfills is degradable and thus contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper focuses on the challenge of achieving waste diversion targets in multi-residential buildings because their diversion rates are much lower than those for single-family homes. A case study of 15 high-rise condo…
Business (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Engineering (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Environmental planning (5 works) · Environmental Science (4 works) · Municipal Solid Waste Management (4 works) · Waste management (4 works) · Agricultural economics (3 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (3 works)