On June 13th 2018, the Canadian Coastal Resilience Forum (CCRF) hosted a workshop in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The workshop gathered professionals and experts across sectors to discuss measures for reducing and managing flood risks in Atlantic Canada.
"Managing Flood Risk in Canada's Coastal Regions: Policy Opportunities and Challenges" is a new report published by CCRF focusing on the findings from this workshop.
This report details the discussions on four policy instruments: property disclosure, flood mapping portals, development setbacks, and managed retreat.
Download the full workshop report (PDF).
Summary of Key Findings
Workshop participants carefully considered the efficiency, equity and social and political acceptability of each instrument in the context of Atlantic Canada. Ultimately, there are three key insights about the suitability of each policy instrument discussed:
- Flood risk management in Atlantic Canada could be improved by implementing these policy instruments.
- Local governments lack resources and capacity to implement and enforce FRM
instruments on their own. Direction and support from other levels of government is required. - Although there is an appetite for new risk reduction strategies, more clarity is required on how they should be used, when and by whom.
Access the workshop agenda, and slide decks from speaker presentations.