At Ebbwater we believe in what we do, and we do it as well as we possibly can. We are passionate that Sendai principle #1: Understanding Risk is the best place to start to reduce risk. But our core work, assessing natural hazard and risk, especially in light of a changing climate, is rarely a […]
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We know that it is the middle of summer, and that winter storms and coastal flooding are not top of mind…but we are glad to say that they were top of mind at this week’s City of Vancouver council meeting. On Tuesday, Council unanimously passed a staff report that provided an update on sea level […]
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The Ebbwater team were retained by the Comox Valley Regional District last fall to develop a flood risk assessment for the Oyster River/Saratoga Beach area on the east coast of Vancouver Island. We wrapped this a couple of months ago – and presented it to their elected officials last week. The Comox Valley Record was […]
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We recently worked with West Coast Environmental Law on a submission to Infrastructure Canada‘s public consultation. Our short and sweet submission can be downloaded here. We are working on a longer form white paper that we hope to have finished in fall 2016.
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August 2017 Update: Natural Resources Canada has recently made this document publicly available here. In the wake of the Alberta and Ontario floods of 2013, the federal government established the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP) in April 2015. The program has several priorities including providing support to provinces to identify, assess, plan for and mitigate high-risk […]
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The City of Vancouver is at risk of coastal flooding, especially under climate change. Recognising this risk, the City wants to explore adaptation options that could be employed to protect the City in future. The City also recognizes that many of the adaptation options that could be employed, dikes and barriers for example, would not […]
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The City of Surrey, BC, located on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and home to several small rivers is subject to both coastal and riverine flooding. Over the last few years Surrey has been at the forefront of the development of technical models and data to explore the changing flood hazard in the municipality. […]
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The City of Vancouver has recognised that despite global mitigation efforts, climate change will impact the City’s future. Anticipated impacts include more intense and frequent wind and rain storms and sea level rise. Adaptation to these climate changes will require a mix of policy, planning and engineering responses. Prior to identifying preferred mitigation strategies, a […]
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