Resource Name |
Tools for climate change vulnerability assessments for watersheds |
Unique File Number |
16 |
Information Type |
Applied Research |
Surface Water |
A |
Aquatic Ecosystem |
A |
Groundwater |
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Groundwater & Surface Water |
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Management for Natural & Industrial Hazards |
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Strengths |
State of the knowledge; based on survey of national experts in CC vulnerability and adaptation; comprehensive overview |
Limitations |
does not appear to explicitly address groundwater - focussed on surface water models |
Challenges |
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Outstanding Research Questions |
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Outstanding Research Questions |
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Information Subtype |
watershed mgmt |
Organization |
Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) |
Resource Name |
Nelitz, M et al. 2013. Tools for climate change vulnerability assessments of watersheds. CCME PN 1494. |
Resource Purpose |
"This compendium of tools was prepared for use by technical experts, adaptation planners and resource managers to develop climate change vulnerability assessments of water quantity and water quality at a watershed scale." |
Type of Information |
report |
How does this help decision making? |
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Program Status |
complete |
NE Coverage |
national |
Drinking Water |
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Ecosystem |
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Fish |
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Groundwater |
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Public Safety |
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SW Quality |
Y |
SW Quantity |
Y |
Link |
http://www.ccme.ca/assets/pdf/pn_1494_vat.pdf |
Text Query |
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Spatial Metadata |
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Map |
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Contact Email |
[email protected] |