The coasts of Atlantic Canada have been shown to have significant sensitivity to sea-level rise and associated storm impacts (Geological Survey of Canada, 1998). Areas with the highest sensitivity include most of the Gulf of St. Lawrence coast of New Brunswick, the north shore of Prince Edward Island, the south coast of Nova Scotia and the southwest coast and Burin Peninsula regions of Newfoundland & Labrador. Accelerated sea-level rise under greenhouse warming is expected to aggravate these impacts, increasing the need for adaptation to minimize damage and costs. Threats in these areas come primarily from impacts of greater coastal flooding and erosion. To further complicate matters, there has been a modern society trend to build homes and cottages (usually very expensive) often within tens of metres of coastlines, directly in harm’s way of damaging coastal storms.
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Type: Corporate report
File type: PDF (2.1 MB)
Pages: 81
Publisher: Department of Environment and Local Government
Published: 2020/05/19
Last updated: 2020/05/19
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