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Title: Dyke Inventory and Elevation Verification
Keywords: Infrastructure
Project Need: Historically the dykes around the Bay of fundy were constructed for the purpose of protecting agricultural lands. After WW II the Federal Government created an Organization called the Maritime...
Project Benefits: This project represents an opportunity to add value through the RAC project by adding to and understanding of what is actually being protected by the dykes. The data on current critical dyke...
Type: project profile

Title: Acadian Peninsula Coastal Erosion and Sea Level Rise Project/ Projet sur l'érosion et l’élévation du niveau de la mer de la Péninsule acadienne
Keywords: flooding
Project Need: Coastal erosion, threat of flooding and property damage. The project work was identified as priority in a recent climate change adaptation plan developed for Le Goulet.
Type: project profile

Title: Flood Risk Mapping for Community Assessment in PEI
Keywords: Coastal Flooding, Community Assessment, Inland Flooding
Project Need: Communities in Prince Edward Island experience occasional coastal (storm surge) and inland flooding (heavy rainfall). These events often result in damage to public and private infrastructure....
Project Benefits: Mapping areas at risk from coastal and inland flooding could help identify areas of concern and contribute to planning, design and maintenance efforts to minimize impacts.
Type: project profile

Title: Coastal Erosion and Shoreline Classification in Stratford
Keywords: Erosion
Project Need: The Town of Stratford, like many communities in Prince Edward Island, is experiencing erosion. However, rates or erosion have not been routinely monitored. Accurate information on erosion and the...
Project Benefits: The project provides information on shoreline erosion that can help planners and other practitioners (watershed groups, developers) as they plan and manage properties in coastal areas of Stratford.
Type: project profile

Title: Shore Zone Characterization and Coastal Change Analysis
Keywords: Erosion
Project Need: Global sea-level rise and increasing storm surge returns and wave energy, as predicted by climate change models, will alter rates of flooding and coastal change (erosion and sedimentation) in...
Project Benefits: Collaboration between St Mary’s University and the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Increased community knowledge and skills related coastal change assessment. Provision of...
Type: project profile

Title: Coastal Erosion Hazard Mapping in Prince Edward Island
Keywords: Erosion
Project Need: Coastal erosion rates are available in Prince Edward Island and are used to estabish appropriate setback distances for coastal development (60 ft or 60 times the annual erosion rate). However,...
Project Benefits: Identifying areas in Prince Edward Island that are at risk due to coastal erosion now will influence coastal setbacks and contribute to better land use planning in coastal areas.
Type: project profile

Title: Projet de la Ville de Grand-Sault
Keywords: Infrastructure, Inland Flooding, Erosion
Project Need: Érosion et éboulement des berges le long de la rivière Saint-Jean, et risques que ces phénomènes présentent pour les infrastructures et les propriétés riveraines.
Type: project profile

Title: Shoreline Classification in Prince Edward Island
Keywords: Sea Level Rise, Erosion
Project Need: Coastlines on Prince Edward Island are dynamic. Storm events commonly move sand around, damage public and private infrastructure and sometimes threaten public safety. In order to minimize the...
Project Benefits: A classified shoreline will provide further information on coastal risks and vulnerabilities from erosion, sea level rise and storm surge. It will also provide valuable information on the extent of...
Type: project profile

Title: Community Guidebook on Socioeconomic Scenarios
Keywords: Community Assessment
Project Need: Climate and socio-economic scenarios are essential for impact assessments and adaptation planning. Climate data and scenarios provide information about the potential frequency and severity of...
Project Benefits: This guidebook will help communities appreciate how climate and other stressors interact with one another to exacerbate or reduce community risks. This helps communities to prepare comprehensive...
Type: project profile

Title: Construction and Analysis of Flood Risk Maps for Select Coastal Communities in Nova Scotia
Project Need: Coastal communities need to be aware of the extent that areas might be at risk to flooding from storms and long-term sea-level rise. Unfortunately, the current detail of elevation information for...
Type: project profile

Title: Analysis and Mitigation of Dyke Vulnerability within ACAS Target Community Areas of the Upper Bay of Fundy
Keywords: Inland flooding
Project Need: Management of dykes is critical for the sustainability of substantial areas within the Upper Bay of Fundy as these areas have a high social and economic value. Coastal change due to future climate...
Project Benefits: This work will contribute to goals and targets as outlined in the Climate Change Action Plan, Memorandum of Understanding with the Union of Nova Scotia Municipalities and the Environmental Goals...
Type: project profile

Title: Rainfall Intensity Duration Frequency (IDF) Curves
Keywords: Inland Flooding
Project Need: Rainfall intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) curves provide information on the likelihood of heavy rainfall events of various amounts and durations. IDF values are critical to determining the...
Project Benefits: New IDF curves will contribute to the planning, design, and management of water infrastructure that can handle current and future rainfall events.
Type: project profile

Title: Municipal Preparedness for Climate Change in Nova Scotia: Evaluating Municipal Capacity to Respond to Climate Change through Adaptation
Keywords: Community Assessment
Project Need: Planning for climate adaptation by municipalities will require revision of existing and/or development of new policy and regulations. An ACAS study in 2010 identified what might be relevant to...
Project Benefits: The work builds on the previous work carried out on municipal policies. As such it contributes to the building of knowledge on policies and regulations in Nova Scotia. The case studies will provide...
Type: project profile

Title: An Evaluation of Social Vulnerability and Social Assets at Risk to Climate Change Impacts in Three Nova Scotian ACAS Communities
Keywords: Community Assessment
Project Need: Social assets are the physical, social (e.g. governance, mechanisms that facilitate social relations), cultural and economic attributes that support community life and are valued for that support...
Project Benefits: The project will contribute to the development of methodology and approaches by which impacts on infrastructure can be assessed by municipalities in Nova Scotia. The analyses will contribute to...
Type: project profile

Title: Wave Modeling in Halifax Harbour and its Use in Estimating the Vulnerability of Harbour-front Properties during Extreme Weather Events
Keywords: Sea Level Rise
Project Need: Atlantic Canada is often exposed to storm events that are accompanied by hurricane-force winds and heavy precipitation, leading to associated storm surges and flooding of coastal areas. Extreme...
Project Benefits: This methodology will be part of the wider set of guidelines/tools developed under the ACAS project to help municipalities throughout Atlantic Canada develop more strategic and effective climate...
Type: project profile

Title: Saltwater Intrusion in the City of Summerside and Lennox Island First Nation
Keywords: saltwater intrusion, Groundwater
Project Need: Groundwater is the sole source of drinking water in Prince Edward Island. In coastal areas, saltwater can enter groundwater supplies, making the drinking water unfit for consumption. Saltwater has...
Project Benefits: Assessing the risk of saltwater intrusion will better inform water management policies, safe withdrawal rates in coastal communities and appropriate siting of wells in communities.
Type: project profile

Title: Provincial Flood Risk and Vulnerability Analysis
Keywords: Sea level rise, Inland flooding
Project Need: In the 1980s, many communities with known and extensive flooding events were mapped with 100-year and 20-year return period flood risk zones designated. Since their creation, these maps have been...
Type: project profile

Title: Development of an Urban Forest Canopy Model for input into a Lidar-based Stormwater Runoff Model for Halifax Harbour Watersheds.
Keywords: Inland Flooding
Project Need: A major challenge from a changing climate in Atlantic Canada is anticipated to be an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as storms and associated precipitation....
Project Benefits: There will be improved capability to quantify the extent of urban forest in all of the HRM watersheds, as well as assess the potential impacts of forest management options on hydrology and flooding...
Type: project profile

Title: Richibucto Saltwater Intrusion Project/ Projet concernant l’invasion d’eau salée
Keywords: Groundwater
Project Need: Sea water is affecting the quality of groundwater used for drinking water supplies in the community.
Type: project profile

Title: Lower Saint John River Project/ Projet portant sur le cours inférieur de la rivière Saint-Jean
Keywords: Inland Flooding
Project Need: Flooding along the Saint John River system, tidal prediction, and managing land use and development in relation to flood prone and wet areas.
Type: project profile

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