Adaptation to Sea Level Rise in Metro Vancouver
This literature review seeks to establish Metro Vancouver’s vulnerability to sea level rise associated with climate change. Vulnerability was investigated in two timeframes: historical vulnerability from the effects of past sea level flooding events and from future vulnerability from projections of sea level rise.
Using sea level measurements at the Point Atkinson tide gauge, the literature review investigated the highest recorded levels as potential dates for sea level flooding. A literature review of studies for sea level rise projections in Metro Vancouver established future vulnerability to sea level flooding. Although no single piece of literature exists that summarizes all the effects of sea level rise, the findings from each study can piece together a picture of Metro Vancouver’s vulnerability.
