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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: Cumberland County
Date: 2012
Keywords: climate change, sea level rise
Type: presentation

Title: Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia Climate Change Case Study
Description: The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg (MODL) is a large rural municipality located on Nova Scotia’s south shore, encompassing the towns of Bridgewater, Lunenburg, and Mahone Bay. It...
Date: 2013
Keywords: climate change, sea level rise

Title: Yarmouth: A Case Study in Climate Change Adaptation: Part 2 – Section 1 Future Sea Level Rise and Extreme Water Level Scenarios for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Description: This section presents 25 and 100 year sea level rise and extreme water level scenarios for the coastal areas of the Town of Yarmouth and the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth that have been...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Patricia Manuel, Eric Rapaport, Michaela Cochran, Jonathan Critchley, Justin Muise
Date: 2012
Keywords: community based adaptation, sea level rise
Type: case study

Title: Coastal Flooding Issues
Author(s)/Creator(s): R J Daigle Enviro
Date: 2011
Keywords: coastal hazards, flooding, sea level rise
Type: report

Title: Sea-Level Rise Rising Sea levels– Coastal Threats
Author(s)/Creator(s): Réal Daigle
Date: 2012
Keywords: sea level rise, storm surges
Type: presentation

Title: Municipality of the District of Lunenburg: A Case Study in Climate Change Adaptation- Part 2 Section 4: Incorporating Social Value into Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Municipality of District of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Description: The purpose of this study was to facilitate the incorporation of the social value of community assets into climate change adaptation planning. Through a survey of residents and interviews with...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Zoë Wollenberg, Eric Rapaport, Patricia Manuel
Date: 2012
Keywords: climate change adaptation, social assets, sea level rise, storm surges
Type: case study

Title: Visualising Sea-level Rise
Description: The Nova Scotia Department of the Environment through the Atlantic Climate Adaptation Solutions (ACAS) Association is interested in fostering communities that are resilient to the anticipated...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Paul Maher, Eric Rapaport, Patricia Manuel
Date: 2012
Keywords: appraisal tools, sea level rise
Type: report

Title: Élévaton du niveau de la mer–Menaces pour les côtes
Author(s)/Creator(s): Réal Daigle
Date: 2012
Keywords: sea level rise, storm surges
Type: presentation

Title: Infrastructure at risk in three Acadian Peninsula municipalities : Executive summary
Description: The purpose of the project was to develop a decision-support tool tailored to the context of sea-level rise and shoreline erosion for three coastal communities, namely Le Goulet, Shippagan and Bas...
Author(s)/Creator(s): André Robichaud, Inuk Simard, Anne Doiron, Meher Chelbi
Date: 2011
Keywords: sea level rise, coastal hazards
Type: summary

Title: Tantramar Dyke Risk Project: The Use of Visualizations to Inspire Action
Description: This research report is a follow up to an earlier study that involved creating flood scenarios using GIS software to help members of the public visualize the extent of a number of flood scenarios ...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Lori Ann Roness, David J. Lieske
Date: 2012
Keywords: sea level rise, climate change, flooding, infrastructure at risk
Type: report

Title: Food, floods and farms: Agricultural vulnerability to sea-level rise in New Brunswick’s Tantramar dykelands
Description: Food production and agricultural communities are being increasingly challenged by climate change related impacts; and the vulnerability of agriculture to climate change is widely recognized in...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Melanie Jellett
Date: 2013
Keywords: agricultural vulnerability, sea level rise, flooding
Type: thesis

Title: Visualizations and their Role in Communicating the Risk of Coastal Flooding: a Tantramar Case Study
Description: Rising sea levels, due to thermal expansion of the ocean, and higher frequency and intensity of coastal and inland storms threaten coastal communities worldwide.
Author(s)/Creator(s): David J. Lieske
Date: 2012
Keywords: floods, coastal flooding, sea level rise
Type: case study

Title: Extreme Waves and Wave Runup in Halifax Harbour under Climate Change Scenarios
Author(s)/Creator(s): Will Perrie, John Charles, Fumin Xu
Keywords: sea level rise, coastal waves height, climate change
Type: presentation

Title: Municipality of the District of Lunenburg: A Case Study in Climate Change Adaptation Section 2 Part 6: Exploring Capacity for Adaptation in the District of Lunenburg
Description: The project explores the capacity of the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg to respond proactively to coastal impacts of climate change induced sea-level rise and more frequent extreme...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Alec Johnston, Patricia Manuel, Eric Rapaport
Date: 2012
Keywords: adaptive capacity, sea level rise, climate change
Type: case study

Title: Extreme Waves and Wave Runup in Halifax Harbour under Climate Change Scenarios
Description: Estimates for sea level rise in Halifax Harbour, in the context of climate change, are presented that consider three high water level scenarios, based on climate change scenarios and estimates for...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Fumin Xu, Will Perrie
Date: 2012
Keywords: coastal wave frequency, sea level rise, coastal wave height
Type: report

Title: Coastal Vulnerability Assessment
Keywords: community assessment, sea level rise
Project Need: Most communities in Newfoundland and Labrador are located along the coast. While these areas have always been subject to storm events, climate change projections suggest the storm events are likely...
Project Benefits: A greater understanding of vulnerability of coastal areas. This will allow for more informed coastal land use planning in the future.
Type: project profile

Title: Sea-Level Rise and Flooding Estimates for New Brunswick Coastal Sections
Description: The coasts of Atlantic Canada have been shown to have significant sensitivity to sealevel rise and associated storm impacts. Areas with the highest sensitivity include most of the Gulf of St....
Author(s)/Creator(s): Réal Daigle
Date: 2012
Keywords: sea level rise, flooding, coastal hazards
Type: report

Title: Municipality Climate Adaption Case Study Report, Municipality of Cumberland
Description: The Municipality of Cumberland is a large, rural municipality that faces significant, diverse and wide-spread challenges as a result of climate change and sea level rise. The Municipality was...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Steve Ferguson
Date: 2012
Keywords: coastal hazards, sea level rise
Type: report

Title: A Relative Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Macrotidal Environments: A Case Study from the Cornwallis River Estuary, Bay of Fundy, Canada
Description: Develop a globally applicable tool, within a geographic information system (GIS) that determines the relatvive vulnerabilty of a macrotidal environment to the increased risk of storm surges...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Jeremy Tibbetts, D. van Proosdij¹, D. Forbes, P. Giles
Date: 2012
Keywords: sea level rise, coastal hazards, storm surges
Type: case study

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