Way forward for risk assessment tools in Canada / T.S. Lyle and S.V. Hund.: M183-2/8255E-PDF

"In the wake of the Alberta and Ontario floods of 2013, the federal government established the National Disaster Mitigation Plan (NDMP) in April 2015. The program has several priorities including providing support to provinces to identify, assess, plan for and mitigate high-risk flood areas and to collect disaster risk information. Similarly, the National Scale Geohazard Risk (NSGR) project has a mandate to support “research of best practices to reduce economic, social, and environmental losses from geohazards in Canada, through i) development and/or modification of tools to deliver targeted regional and national geohazard risk assessments, and ii) engagement of priority end users in development of product tools and methods with planners, emergency managers, and other responders, and decision makers for table-top exercise”. Furthermore, as an endorsee of the United Nations post-2015 Hyogo Framework for Action Agreement (Sendai Framework), the federal government seeks to meet the Sendai Priorities. In early 2016, Ebbwater Consulting was retained by Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) to review and assess the existing risk management tools supported by NRCan, and to provide a strategic plan to ensure that risk assessment tools are available and meet the mandates of the NDMP, the NSGR, and the Sendai Priorities; providing the federal government with a Way Forward for Risk Assessment Tools in Canada"--Executive summary, p. ii.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada. Natural Resources Canada.
Ebbwater Consulting.
Geological Survey of Canada.
Title Way forward for risk assessment tools in Canada / T.S. Lyle and S.V. Hund.
Variant title Way forward for risk assessment tools in Canada : final report
Series title Geological Survey of Canada, open file ; 8255
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references.
Appendix A. Backgrounder on risk assessment methods for flood -- Appendix B. Semi-structured interview questions for user needs -- Appendix C. Complete list of risk assessment tools reviewed.
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 2017.
Author / Contributor Lyle, Tamsin Sara,1975-
Hund, Silja V.
Description viii, 68, [23] p. : col. ill., col. maps
Catalogue number
  • M183-2/8255E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 302773
Subject terms Floods
Risk management
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