Downscaling and visioning of mountain snow packs and other climate change implications in North Vancouver, British Columbia

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-49

  Cohen, Stewart Jay ^a,b   Sheppard, Stephen ^b   Shaw, Alison ^b,d   Flanders, David ^b   Burch, Sarah ^b,e   Taylor, Bill ^a,f   Hutchinson, David ^a   Cannon, Alex ^a   Hamilton, Stuart ^a,g   Burton, Brent ^c   Carmichael, Jeff ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Metro Vancouver   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Environment Canada at University of British Columbia ^*

^g Aquatic Informatics   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Participatory process; Snowpack modelling; Urban planning; Visualization; Water management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; DOWNSCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; SNOWPACK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; VISUALIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH VANCOUVER;

EID: 82955187808     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-011-9307-9     Document Type: Article

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