TOMapleLaughs Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Forget the future. Ocean level rise is happening now and all the world's coastal cities are having to act. Miami is seeing their gutters spurt out green ocean water. Remote island populations are having to migrate. Local governments are starting to pay attention and set budgets to deal with the progressing problem of nuisance flooding. A 1 meter global rise is expected in this century, although the rate is increasing and accurate predictions are still hard to come by. This map shows areas impacted by a 2m rise. So what's the GVRD going to do to deal with this? Recently there was an open ideas challenge conducted by SFU, called RISE:http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Rising+levels+Metro+Vancouver+spark+open+competition/10063810/story.html And the winners were announced Oct. 23rd.http://www.sfu.ca/rise/news/blog/Winners.html The grand prize went to a green 'soft edge' proposal, in which river swelling was accounted for by expanding the outflow area in current flood plains, controlling flooding via tidal gates and expanding current water channels, which will actually serve to revive certain areas of the floodplain community, elevating certain roads such as No. 3 Road, and other measures, resulting in a pretty optimistically utopian aquatic cityscape. 2nd prize went to a 'perforated edge', which amounts to two huge dykes with floodgates being built and a large water channel in between, which will create billions-worth of new artificial waterfront development. Last year, Vancouver became the first Canadian city to adopt a climate change adaptation strategy, which includes a coastal flood risk assessment and flood-proofing policies.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/future-flooding-scenario-shows-metro-vancouver-at-risk-1.1382617Vancouver's plan calls for the city to improve infrastructure to deal with flooding and extreme heat and storms. Stephane Hallegatte, a senior economist with the World Bank and lead author of Nature paper, said policy makers should be considering early warning systems and evacuation planning. I'm positive they're being proactive here, because this issue is a very real one and inaction will be far more costly. Vancouver has by far the most expensive real estate in the country affected by this problem, so I see provincial and federal support coming into play here. Doas anyone here have any more information on this important matter? Perhaps something not generally known? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The city will introduce another tax. The revenue from that tax will go into the general budget and be squandered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Sink or swim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 One thing you'll immediately notice is that our international airport will be immersed. That will probably need to be addressed first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 The city will introduce another tax. The revenue from that tax will go into the general budget and be squandered. Gregor Robertson will build kayak lanes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 They'll do more about this than they are doing about earthquake prep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dral Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 a wall of giant fans continuously running in order to blow the ocean back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 A really big Dyke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Yup. That should do it. It gets no bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 On a positive note, my property value should skyrocket being so much closer to new waterfront! Downside....I'm going to have a hell of a time/need a boat to get to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombieksa Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Pontoons. Vancouver is already considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world, could you imagine if 40% of it looked like Venice as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 They'll do more about this than they are doing about earthquake prep. I think the "Earthquake preparedness" at least regarding the lower mainland is concerned is a bit overblown. If a subduction fault slip occurs at the magnitude many are predicting, it really will depend where the epicenter is located as far as Vancouver's impact will be concerned. Anything north of the southern tip of Vancouver island will cause a hell of a lot of shaking, violently even but really not much more than that. It really depends on the angle any tsunami comes in at. Who I'm worried about are residents on the western shores of Vancouver Island. Some suspect those residents may only have 20 minutes from the time the 'quake occurs to get to higher ground before a massive tsunami hits. The mainland will probably see some sea level rises around False Creek etc, and the Sea Wall might get submerged, but I really don't think it will be as terrible as many fear. I'm not down playing the level of estimated damage, certainly more modern buildings will fare better. I expect the hardest hit places will be China Town and the DTES where all of those decrepit meth hotels are. Annacis Island might get a hell of a shaking, which is actually where I work so that's the only real concern for me personally, that and I live just on the other side of Annacis Island so I worry about my wife and daughter. The White Rock pier area might get a lot of inland water, and there will be some significant losses there property wise, though the majority of the houses there are up in higher areas already so shouldn't be super impacted. Then again what do I know, or anyone really for that matter. Last time there was a significant subduction zone slip in this area, the only people around to tell it were native tribes who passed information down orally from generation to generation, and not many who witnessed the event survived, unfortunately. Any information or descriptions should be taken with a large grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLASSJAW Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Pontoons. Vancouver is already considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world, could you imagine if 40% of it looked like Venice as well? no, despite what localized huffpo articles say to get some clicks, i don't think anyone (outside of CDC) actually believes this to be true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 no, despite what localized huffpo articles say to get some clicks, i don't think anyone (outside of CDC) actually believes this to be trueInterestingly, Rio is regarded as more beautiful, but their bay is absolutely littered with garbage and sewage, as reported in that other thread. Vancouver owes much of it's beauty to the north shore mountain landscape and stanley park. With ocean level rise Stanley Park may become Stanley Island and locals will eventually have to migrate to the north shore mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 no, despite what localized huffpo articles say to get some clicks, i don't think anyone (outside of CDC) actually believes this to be true It's a beautiful city Glassjaw. At the risk of sounding like a pretentious douche, I've seen a lot of the world and our skyline, mountain and shoreline combo is pretty striking. Perhaps not as much as the huffpo articles depict, but I do enjoy coming home after being away for any extended period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 It's a beautiful city Glassjaw. At the risk of sounding like a pretentious douche, I've seen a lot of the world and our skyline, mountain and shoreline combo is pretty striking. Perhaps not as much as the huffpo articles depict, but I do enjoy coming home after being away for any extended period of time. It's totally subjective too. Beautiful to one is ugly to another. But I agree, I've been to quite a few places and there are a lot out there that are a lot worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 One thing you'll immediately notice is that our international airport will be immersed. That will probably need to be addressed first. to fit the current structure yes... but for emergency measures the Coar Harbour Waterport/Vancouver Coal Harbour Seaplane Base (CYHC) where many airlines had their flights using hydroplanes can do a fine job... BUT the only hydroplane able to carry more than 100 passengers are the Beriev BE-200 and the Beriev A-40 (they have the size of a B737-700/A319). both powered by jets and both made in Russia... in emergency I´m pretty sure Victoria Airport can do some job to handle. but Victoria doesn´t have the capability to handle large jets in big number... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeromotacanucks Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Interestingly, Rio is regarded as more beautiful, but their bay is absolutely littered with garbage and sewage, as reported in that other thread. Vancouver owes much of it's beauty to the north shore mountain landscape and stanley park. With ocean level rise Stanley Park may become Stanley Island and locals will eventually have to migrate to the north shore mountains. Rio???? Florianopolis all the way buddy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 I had this awful nightmare a few weeks ago that there was a massive flood and burnaby mountain was partly submerged while the entire city of vancouver was submerged. Seeing how the map shows a 2 metre increase in sea levels, that only one metre is expected by the end of the century and that my home (which is percisly to the left centre area of vancouver) is one of the highest points in vancouver, I realize I have nothing to worry about even if I lived to 200 years old. I'm as safe as the guy driving this car/airplane/RV. http://youtu.be/MqC0M6VrViQ?t=6m14s 6:14 to 7:28 epic... The people of Delta and Richmond have some issues as do some of the people living downtown and near UBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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