VANCOUVER Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn’t start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms surge due to climate change, says a researcher at the University of B.C. in Vancouver.
B.C. lacks a much-needed overarching authority to oversee coastal flood management and ecosystem conservation, said Kees Lokman, a professor of landscape architecture and the head of the university’s coastal adaptation lab.
Lokman recently received a $1-million grant for a four-year project dubbed Living with Water, which aims to set the foundation for a comprehensive, co-ordinated coastal flood adaptation plan in the province.
B.C. lacks plans for rising seas and flooding, coastal adaptation researcher says
Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn t start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms surge due to climate change, says a researcher at UBC.
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Sea levels expected to rise half a metre by 2050, and most B.C. residents live a few kilometres from the coast
Posted: Dec 21, 2020 7:53 AM PT | Last Updated: December 21, 2020
Kees Lokman, a professor of landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia, says B.C. needs an overarching authority to oversee coastal flood management and ecosystem conservation.(UBC Faculty of Applied Science)
B.C. lacks plans for rising seas, flooding: coastal adaptation researcher
by Brenna Owen, The Canadian Press
Posted Dec 21, 2020 4:00 am EDT
Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 4:12 am EDT
VANCOUVER Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn’t start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms surge due to climate change, says a researcher at the University of B.C. in Vancouver.
B.C. lacks a much-needed overarching authority to oversee coastal flood management and ecosystem conservation, said Kees Lokman, a professor of landscape architecture and the head of the university’s coastal adaptation lab.
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