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Title: Municipality of the District of Lunenburg: A Case Study in Climate Change Adaptation-Part 2 Section 5: Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Description: The purpose of this study was to evaluate social vulnerability to climate change impacts in the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The study assesses the prevalence of...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Michaela Cochran, Patricia Manuel, Eric Rapaport
Date: 2012
Keywords: social assets, vulnerability, climate change
Type: case study

Title: Yarmouth: A Case Study in Climate Change Adaptation
Description: The Town of Yarmouth and the Municipality of the District of Yarmouth, located on the southwest coast of Nova Scotia, Canada (Figure 1) are two of 13 Nova Scotia municipalities that participated in...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Patricia Manuel, Eric Rapaport, Michaela Cochran, Jonathan Critchley, J. Alec Johnston, Justin Muise, Zoë Wollenberg
Date: 2012
Keywords: community based adaptation
Type: case study

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: 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: Climate Change Adaptation: Land-Use Planning in Shippagan, Le Goulet and Bas-Caraquet
Author(s)/Creator(s): Mélanie Aubé, Benjamin Kocyla
Date: 2012
Type: report

Title: Developing Climate Change Capacity at the Municipal Level in Nova Scotia Report: Appendix 1 - Municipal Climate Change Action Plan Guidebook
Description: The purpose of this guide and the accompanying template is to help municipalities prepare Municipal Climate Change Action Plans (MCCAP) that meet the municipal obligation described in the 2010 -...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Graham Fisher
Date: 2011
Keywords: climate change
Type: report

Title: Developing Climate Change Capacity at the Municipal Level in Nova Scotia
Description: To go along with the requirement that all municipalities had to prepare a Municipal Climate Change Action Plan (MCCAP), SNSMR recognized that it needed to provide some direction as to how to...
Author(s)/Creator(s): Andrew Paton
Date: 2012
Type: report

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: 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: 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: 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