Climate changes over the next 100 years, such as higher temperatures, increased mid-continent drought, and sea level rise will have significant effects on Canadian cities and communities. This project will undertake a limited number of case studies that will address a representative cross-section of the major climate change issues facing Canada (water resource depletion, coastal attack due to higher sea levels, and permafrost melting). The project relies on the involvement of municipal planners and stakeholders in the individual case studies, and will communicate results through collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Planning, provincial planning institutes and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

Activities

• City of Calgary Case Study: Municipal Water Supply
• Corporation of Delta Case Study: Impacts of Sea Level Rise
• South-Eastern New Brunswick Coastal Communities Case Study: Impacts of Sea Level Rise
• Graham Island, BC Case Study: Impacts of Sea Level Rise
• Salluit Case Study: Impacts of Degrading Permafrost

Posters

For more information:
Philip Hill
Project Leader

Collaborators

• Federation of Canadian Municipalities
• Canadian Institute of Planners
• InfraGuide