| Title | Webinar: Vulnerability assessment and climate change adaptation options for the Great Lakes coastline - the Chatham-Kent Lake Erie example |
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| Author | Zuzek, P; Mortsch, L |
| Source | 2020.  Open Access |
| Links | Online - En
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| Links | Climate Risk Institute
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| Links | Adapting to the future storm and ice regime in the Great
Lakes
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| Year | 2020 |
| Publisher | Climate Risk Institute |
| Document | Web site |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | digital; on-line |
| Related | This publication is related to the following publications |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 30L; 40G; 40I; 40J/01; 40J/02; 40J/03; 40J/08; 40J/09 |
| Area | Chatham-Kent; Lake Erie |
| Lat/Long WENS | -83.5000 -78.7500 43.0000 41.2500 |
| Subjects | surficial geology/geomorphology; Science and Technology; Nature and Environment; coastal management; Climate change; Climate change adaptation; Infrastructures; Innovation; Adaptation measures and
options; cumulative effects |
| Program | Climate Change Impacts and
Adaptation |
| Program | Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Climate Change Adaptation Program |
| Released | 2020 09 28 |
| Abstract | A coastal vulnerability assessment was recently completed for 120 km of Lake Erie shoreline considering both historical extremes and projected climate change impacts on future lake levels, ice cover,
and exposure to wave energy. The project was supported by Natural Resources Canada's Climate Change Adaptation Program. The researchers worked closely with the community and staff from the Municipality of Chatham-Kent and the Lower Thames Valley
Conservation Authority to co-develop a series of community scale adaptation options to reduce exposure to coastal hazards and increase resilience. The recommended adaptations ranged from traditional avoid, accommodate and protect options, to more
innovative managed re-alignment, managed retreat, and transformational approaches. The overall study findings, community engagement, and outputs were presented in the webinar. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
This webinar, hosted by the Climate Risk Institute, presented Zuzek Inc.'s collaboration with the community and staff from the Municipality of
Chatham-Kent and the Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority to co-develop a series of community-scale adaptation options. The proposed adaptation options will reduce exposure to coastal hazards and increase resilience. The recommended adaptations
options ranged from traditional avoid, accommodate and protect options, to more innovative managed re-alignment, managed retreat, and nature-based options.?The overall study findings, community engagement, and outputs are presented in the
webinar. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 330117 |
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