David Bristow
Biographic Data
| ID | 6952604 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Bristow |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Bristow |
| SIGNATURE | BRISTOW D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9295-4693 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impact-based risk assessment of coastal infrastructure adaptation to climate change: A case study of hurricane risk in Nova Scotia, Canada
Coastal infrastructure faces escalating risks from climate change, including intensified tropical cyclones, wind, and storm surges, which threaten asset functionality and socio-economic activities. This study develops a probabilistic, spatiotemporal framework for quantifying physical and economic impacts on infrastructure and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of adaptation measures. The methodology integrates volunteered geographic information, s…
Tipping points toward sustainability: The role of industrial ecology
The discussion of tipping points (TPs) is getting increasing attention when addressing the climate and energy crisis. While industrial ecology (IE) has been playing a role in the climate and energy debates, it has so far fallen short of substantially adding to the research on TPs. This forum input highlights how the current contributions from IE have impacted the scientific community's understanding of TP. It highlights potential areas where IE e…
Financing methods for solid waste management: A review of typology, classifications, and circular economy implications
The operations that underpin efficient municipal solid waste management delivery require economic funds. These funds are needed for both capital and recurrent expenditures. Municipalities (local governments) often being the main entities responsible for waste management in cities across the globe, have implemented several funding methods. Yet not all attempts at raising funds for waste management operations have been successful due to the existen…
Participation in domestic energy retrofit programmes: Key spatio-temporal drivers
The Canadian government created the EcoENEGY Retrofit for Homes programme (2007–12) to improve residential energy efficiency and reduce emissions produced through energy use. The uptake of retrofits varied both spatially and temporally. This research examines spatio-temporal patterns of retrofit adoption to understand the drivers behind participation in the grant programme and assess how future grant-based programmes might improve the uptake of e…
From the urban metabolism to the urban immune system
Urban areas face mounting risks from many sources. Cities pursue myriad tactics to resist, recover from and adapt to shocks and stresses, but little is known about how these approaches relate across the scales of a city nor how cities compare in their abilities. Part of the challenge in addressing these gaps is that the risk to cities is typically studied with an emphasis on one or a few hazards or through the lens of a singular sector. This pape…
Why Do Cities Grow? Insights from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics at the Urban and Global Scales
This forum article explores thermodynamic understanding of the growth of cities, including theoretical foundations, observations, and analysis. The general theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics is reviewed, recognizing differences in interpretation between Prigogine and Schneider and Kay as well as discussing the hypothesis of maximum entropy production. Calculations of exergy gradients in a few cities and settlements, along with measures of an…
Urban Metabolism and the Energy Stored in Cities: Implications for Resilience
Using the city of Toronto as a case study, this article examines impacts of energy stocks and flexible demand in the urban metabolism on the resilience of the city, including discussion of directions for further study of the resiliency of the urban metabolism. An important element developed is the nominal residence time of the energy stocks. This value defines how long an energy stock lasts under typical patterns of energy use. The findings sugge…
The Energy for Growing and Maintaining Cities
Hour-by-Hour Analysis for Increased Accuracy of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for a Low-Energy Condominium Design
The audio interface
This essay is concerned with the idea that “dtimbral behaviour” is as much a part of the identity of an instrument as is the timbre itself. The nature and importance of the interface between daudio-feedback (particularly the role of timbral behaviour) and dartistic gesture is examined against the historical background of the authors involvement in the development and introduction of one of the major electronic musical instruments of recent years,…
The audio interface
This essay is concerned with the idea that “dtimbral behaviour” is as much a part of the identity of an instrument as is the timbre itself. The nature and importance of the interface between daudio-feedback (particularly the role of timbral behaviour) and dartistic gesture is examined against the historical background of the authors involvement in the development and introduction of one of the major electronic musical instruments of recent years,…
Hour-by-Hour Analysis for Increased Accuracy of Greenhouse Gas Emissions for a Low-Energy Condominium Design
Urban Metabolism and the Energy Stored in Cities: Implications for Resilience
Using the city of Toronto as a case study, this article examines impacts of energy stocks and flexible demand in the urban metabolism on the resilience of the city, including discussion of directions for further study of the resiliency of the urban metabolism. An important element developed is the nominal residence time of the energy stocks. This value defines how long an energy stock lasts under typical patterns of energy use. The findings sugge…
The Energy for Growing and Maintaining Cities
Why Do Cities Grow? Insights from Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics at the Urban and Global Scales
This forum article explores thermodynamic understanding of the growth of cities, including theoretical foundations, observations, and analysis. The general theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamics is reviewed, recognizing differences in interpretation between Prigogine and Schneider and Kay as well as discussing the hypothesis of maximum entropy production. Calculations of exergy gradients in a few cities and settlements, along with measures of an…
From the urban metabolism to the urban immune system
Urban areas face mounting risks from many sources. Cities pursue myriad tactics to resist, recover from and adapt to shocks and stresses, but little is known about how these approaches relate across the scales of a city nor how cities compare in their abilities. Part of the challenge in addressing these gaps is that the risk to cities is typically studied with an emphasis on one or a few hazards or through the lens of a singular sector. This pape…
Participation in domestic energy retrofit programmes: Key spatio-temporal drivers
The Canadian government created the EcoENEGY Retrofit for Homes programme (2007–12) to improve residential energy efficiency and reduce emissions produced through energy use. The uptake of retrofits varied both spatially and temporally. This research examines spatio-temporal patterns of retrofit adoption to understand the drivers behind participation in the grant programme and assess how future grant-based programmes might improve the uptake of e…
Tipping points toward sustainability: The role of industrial ecology
The discussion of tipping points (TPs) is getting increasing attention when addressing the climate and energy crisis. While industrial ecology (IE) has been playing a role in the climate and energy debates, it has so far fallen short of substantially adding to the research on TPs. This forum input highlights how the current contributions from IE have impacted the scientific community's understanding of TP. It highlights potential areas where IE e…
Financing methods for solid waste management: A review of typology, classifications, and circular economy implications
The operations that underpin efficient municipal solid waste management delivery require economic funds. These funds are needed for both capital and recurrent expenditures. Municipalities (local governments) often being the main entities responsible for waste management in cities across the globe, have implemented several funding methods. Yet not all attempts at raising funds for waste management operations have been successful due to the existen…
Impact-based risk assessment of coastal infrastructure adaptation to climate change: A case study of hurricane risk in Nova Scotia, Canada
Coastal infrastructure faces escalating risks from climate change, including intensified tropical cyclones, wind, and storm surges, which threaten asset functionality and socio-economic activities. This study develops a probabilistic, spatiotemporal framework for quantifying physical and economic impacts on infrastructure and evaluating the cost-effectiveness of adaptation measures. The methodology integrates volunteered geographic information, s…
Business (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (5 works) · Ecology (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Environmental Impact and Sustainability (4 works) · Sustainability (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works)