Abstracts
Getting Started: Climate Change and Municipal Growth Management
Linda Harvey
City of Hamilton
liharvey@hamilton.ca
As municipalities put enormous resources into growth management processes, it seems like a logical decision-point for beginning to change the physical form of our communities to both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be more resilient and able to adapt to climate change. Hamilton Ontario has begun to explore this concept with "Hamlton's Vulnerability to Climate Change", a study completed as a background paper for the 30-year Growth-Related Integrated Development Strategy.
The purpose of the study is to:- Identify Hamilton's climate change vulnerability in terms of exposure/risks and existing adaptive capacity;
- Identify opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) through the land use, transportation and infrastructure planning process;
- Make recommendations for appropriate policy considerations for the GRIDS strategy that can help address Hamilton¡¦s vulnerability to climate change, and emissions of GHG over time;
- Engage and educate internal policy actors about climate change issues relevant to their areas of influence.
2005-04-05 |
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