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Title: A GIS Based Sea level Rise and Infrastrucutre Assessment: Case study from the town of Yarmouth
Author(s)/Creator(s): Justin Muise, Eric Rapaport
Date: 2012
Keywords: sea level rise, infrastructure
Type: case study

Title: Assessment of Infrastructure Relevant to the Fishing and Aquaculture Industries
Description: At a current value of more than $500 million and with aquaculture activities expected to triple in value from $40 million to $120 million, the fisheries and aquaculture industry is an important...
Date: 2012
Keywords: aquatic foods, fisheries, infrastructure
Type: report

Title: Report from the Nova Scotia Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (NSTIR) on the ACAS Program
Description: Like many of the NS provincial departments, the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (NSTIR) is just beginning to consider how it will adapt to climate change. We very much...
Date: 2012
Keywords: climate change, infrastructure
Type: report

Title: An Evaluation of Flood Risk to Infrastructure Across the Chignecto Isthmus
Description: With sea-level rise (SLR) estimates of 1 to 5 m predicted for the Chignecto Isthmus by 2100, and more intense storms another likely consequence of climate change, Nova Scotia Transportation and...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Tim Webster, Malinee Kongwongthai, Nathan Crowell
Date: 2012
Keywords: flooding, infrastructure
Type: report

Title: A tool to assess coastal infrastructure relevant to the Fishing and Aquaculture industries in ACAS study areas
Description: Purpose of the project includes: A methodology to assess the vulnerability of fishery and aquaculture infrastructure; An inventory of relevant infrastructure in the ACAS areas.; A description of...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Gordon Smith
Date: 2012
Keywords: infrastructure, fisheries, aquaculture, climate change
Type: presentation

Title: An Evaluation of Flood Risk to Infrastructure Across the Chignecto Isthmus
Keywords: infrastructure, Sea level rise
Project Need: Nova Scotia’s road and rail gateways to Canada are situated within the Chignecto Isthmus – a low-lying area that is vulnerable to rising sea levels and storm surges from both the Bay of Fundy and...
Project Benefits: The project will generate information on the flooding risk areas in the Chignecto Isthmus, as well as provide considerations to decision makers and planners for adaptation management in the area.
Type: project profile

Title: Infrastructures à risque dans trois municipalités de la péninsule acadienne
Author(s)/Creator(s): André Robichaud, Inuk Simard, Anne Doiron, Meher Chelbi
Date: 2011
Keywords: infrastructure, coastline
Type: report

Title: Inventory of the Physical Infrastructure at Risk of Flooding due to Climate Change-Induced Sea Level Incursion in Three Nova Scotian ACAS Communities
Keywords: infrastructure, Community Assessment
Project Need: Development of climate adaptation strategies, and subsequent decisions on which are the best options to pursue, require a quantifiable understanding of the infrastructure that is at risk due to...
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: An Assessment of Coastal Infrastructure Relevant to the Fishing and Aquaculture Industries in ACAS Study Areas
Keywords: infrastructure
Project Need: The commercial fishery combined with the aquaculture industry is worth approximately a billion dollars to Nova Scotia’s economy. Perhaps the most obvious symbols of the importance of these...
Project Benefits: Improved knowledge and information on the potential impacts of climate change on infrastructure relevant to the fishery and aquaculture industries. Advances in methodology for assessing the...
Type: project profile