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Vancouver Considers Abandoning Parts of the Coast Because of Climate Change

posted by janrinok on Sunday November 27 2016, @08:31PM   
from the run-away,-run-away! dept.

driven writes:

According to this article, Vancouver, Canada officials have put out a report that lays out options for dealing with sea level rise. Three generic strategies evaluated are: Adapt, Protect, or Retreat, the last of which means that for some parts of the city, people might just need to "get out of the way". In that case, the city would buy up homes and remove infrastructure over a period of several decades. It's not an easy thing to ask for people to leave their homes decades before an area is flooded.

By the year 2100, 13 square kilometers of Vancouver (containing around 4,000 households worth $7 billion) will be on floodplains so action needs to be taken soon to protect them. Areas like Jericho Beach and the Fraser River are already experiencing more frequent flooding.

First, Vancouver will publicize its plans then gauge public reaction. The world will be watching.

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• Re:Worthless report Re:Worthless report (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 27 2016, @09:30PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 27 2016, @09:30PM (#433769)

  This guy claims Robertson is blowing developers, and another one says that Robertson is a leftist loony because of his inability to
  control the school board.

  Being mayor of Vancouver is a shitty job - nutcases from everywhere come out of the woodwork. Robertson has his third term, and
  he'll be glad to get out.

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• Re:Worthless report (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 27 2016, @10:19PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 27 2016, @10:19PM (#433780)

  Being the mayor of Vancouver is doing a shitty job. FTFY.

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