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An assessment of systems, agents, and institutions in building community resilience to climate change: A case study of Charlottetown, Canada
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Birchall, S. Jeff, MacDonald, Seghan, Bara, Nicklas N.
While climate change manifests itself as a global phenomenon, impacts are experienced most acutely at the local scale. As a result, the onus of responding to climate change impacts through planning policies and practice falls on local government decision-makers. This qualitative study, based in...
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2021-05-01
Birchall, S. Jeff, MacDonald, Seghan, Slater, Tara
As climate change progresses, local governments are being forced to find ways to adapt to worsening environmental, economic, and infrastructure impacts. The city of Fredericton, New Brunswick has a long history of river and overland flooding; however, more recent changes in local weather patterns...
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Climate change adaptation policy and practice: The role of agents, institutions and systems
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Birchall, S. Jeff, Bonnett, Nicole
Surrey, British Columbia, stands out in its efforts to go beyond the provincial mandate on climate change mitigation and incorporate adaptation into strategic planning. The community is not currently overwhelmed by climate change impacts, and has local agents and institutions in place to...
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Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning and Evolutionary Governance: Insights from Homer, Alaska
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Climate variability is not a new challenge for coastal communities. However, because climate variability is manifesting with more extreme climate impacts, occurring with greater frequency and with more intensity, the necessity for adaptation to minimize risk is becoming more pronounced. Though...
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Exploring barriers and facilitators to the implementation of healthy aging policy in suburban planning and transportation departments
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Purpose: The purpose of this research was examine potential barriers and facilitators to the implementation of healthy public policy related to aging, specifically in municipal planning and transportation departments, in the suburban context. Research Questions: What are the factors which...
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Growing Resilient: The potential of urban agriculture for increasing food security and improving earthquake recovery
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Slater, Tara, Birchall, S. Jeff
Following an earthquake, urban agriculture has been shown to improve recovery by increasing food security and providing numerous community and social benefits. However, many communities often do not consider urban agriculture within their earthquake or disaster preparedness programs. This work...
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2011-11-29
SSHRC Awarded PDG 2012: What can cities and communities do to support and benefit from new technologies? How can knowledge-intensive sectors develop in ways which account for local contexts and local needs? How can benefits and prosperity be made to 'stick' to the communities in which new...
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2022-04-01
Bonnett, Nicole, Birchall, S. Jeff
This study examines extent and quality of climate adaptation integration within strategic plans of local governments in British Columbia, Canada. Strategic plans (n=39) were assessed using plan content analysis in order to understand whether regional planning leads to adaptation action by...