Buildings are seen in floodwater following a major rain event in Halifax on July 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
I did my first bit for The Conversation this week, connecting Sam Howard’s project work on resistance to public flood risk mapping to the new tools provided here in NS in lieu of coastal protection legislation. You can read it here: Flood risk mapping is a public good, so why the public resistance in Canada? Lessons from Nova Scotia.
Addendum: The media engagement on this commentary has been gratifying, including:
- CityNews 95.7 (audio interview with Todd Veinotte March 13, 10 am),
- The Canadian National Observer (pending), Cloe Logan
- CBC News (online text) Property owners, researcher critical of N.S. approach to coastal protection (Mar 19, 2024), Michael Gorman
- CBC Nova Scotia News (video), Nova Scotia’s coast is eroding. So is the confidence some have in its environment policy (Mar 19, 2024), Michael Gorman
- CBC The National (video), N.S. homeowners say they needs a coastal protection law, not plan (Mar 20, 2024), Kayla Hounsell
- Water We Doing, podcast (pending)
