Adaptation Measures

Management

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Emergency planning and emergency preparedness for extreme events (e.g. flooding, wind, ice storms), health concerns

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Extreme events – forecasting and advance warning – develop preparedness and disaster relief  

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Identify incentives/practices that place people, investments, wildlife, and ecosystems at a greater risk to climate

variability and change

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Improve watershed management to reduce flood and drought damages and protect water quality

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Need reliable data in order to make decisions, calibrate models, make projections, evaluate adaptation measures  

SOURCES:

Anderson et al., 1998; Arnell et al., 2001; Bruce et al., 2000a,b; Hoffman et al., 1998; Mortsch et al., 1998; Natural Resources

O’Connor, 2002; Pollution Probe, 2002, Sousounis and Bisanz, 2000; Smit, 1993; Smith et al., 1998; Toronto

Canada, 2002;

Region Conservation Authority, 1999

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