Atlantic Climate Adaptation Solutions
Association (ACASA)
Decision Key on Planning and Engineering
for the Selection of Sustainable Coastal
Adaptation Strategies in Rural Communities
Vincent Leys
Coastal Engineer
5 March 2015
Atlantic Climate Adaptation Solutions Association (ACASA)
Decision Key on Planning and Engineering
for Coastal Adaptation
NRCan
All 4 Atlantic Provinces
Project Lead
Risk Sciences
International
Decision tree,
geomorphology
Land-use
planning
Engineering
Community
Consultation
Web-based
tool
Done (2014)
• Guidance documents (40+ engineering and planning tools
included)
• Expert review of planning and engineering tools
• Selected representative communities for testing
• Preliminary testing at a few communities
Pending (to March 2016)
• Compilation of unified guidance pdf
• Web-based interface
• Final testing with communities
• French translation
Environment Industry--Research Connector
SmartAtlantic Inshore Weather Buoy Network
Environmental Monitoring, Environmental Prediction, Emergency Response Planning R&D
5 March 2015
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Smart ATLANTIC Alliance Initiative
Marine Institute of Memorial University’s Centre for Applied Ocean Technology
(CTec) in St. John’s
Dalhousie University Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise (IORE) in Halifax
The Alliance was grown out of the MI SmartBay program in Placentia Bay. In
operation 7 years.
Maintains buoys in Halifax, St. John’s, Placentia Bay, Port aux Basques and
Conception Bay and Bay of Islands with additional deployments planned for Saint
John Harbour, NB
Data are made available in near real-time and historical data can also be
accessed
Supported by governmental agencies and departments (e.g. IBRD – NL, DFO, the
Atlantic Pilotage Authority, Transport Canada and private sector partners including
Amec Foster Wheeler, and the Port of Halifax.
SmartAtlantic Alliance supports oceanographic and meteorological measurements
to improve operational efficiency, situational awareness and safety in the marine
environment.
www.smartatlantic.ca/
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