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Community Guidebook on Socioeconomic Scenarios
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Community Assessment
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Project Need
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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...
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Project Benefits
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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...
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Climate Scenario Development for ACAS Communities in Nova Scotia
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Keywords
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Community Assessment
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Project Need
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One of the prime questions facing all decision makers is that of understanding what the climate and the environment will be like in the future. This requirement applies at the global, regional and...
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Project Benefits
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The project will provide background and information for wider usage in both Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. It will contribute to a wider set of guidelines/tools developed under the ACAS...
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Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool
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Keywords
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Community Assessment
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Project Need
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There are many small, rural communities across Newfoundland and Labrador that are at risk to impacts from climate change. Many of those communities lack capacity to tackle climate change issues on...
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Project Benefits
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Development of a Vulnerability Assessment Tool that is tailored to small, rural communities.
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Title
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Yarmouth: A Case Study in Climate Change Adaptation
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Keywords
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Community Assessment
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Project Need
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The Town of Yarmouth and the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, located on the southwest coast of Nova Scotia, Canada are two of 13 Nova Scotia municipalities that have participated in the...
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Project Benefits
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The information and findings of the studies are immediately useful to the two participant municipalities as they develop their Municipal Climate Change Action Plans and build adaptive capacity...
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Assessment of Community Preparedness in ACAS Communities: Public Survey
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Keywords
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Community Assessment
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Project Need
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Understanding public perceptions of climate change, impacts and risks helps decision makers to assess how closely public opinion matches scientific findings and what efforts, if any, may be needed...
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Project Benefits
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Better understanding of public perceptions on climate change, impact concerns and adaptation preferences. With this understanding, decision makers can better prioritize and design appropriate...
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Pilot Project for the Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool
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Keywords
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Community Assessment
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Project Need
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This project is designed to pilot the Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool in 6 communities across the Province. After developing an assessment tool it was important to get direct community...
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Project Benefits
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The Community Vulnerability Assessment Tool will be more useful to communities if their direct feedback is incorporated into the tool content and design. While the communities will be contributing...
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