Living with Water
Media Coverage
Living with Water partners and team members have been featured prominently in media appearances over the past year. Below find a selection of recent media coverage:
BC Has a New Flood Strategy in the Works.
The plan should include nature-based infrastructure, boost communication and take a holistic approach, say experts.
Building higher dikes may be a losing battle, experts warn.
Tough decisions lie ahead as climate change means "we're not going to be able to permanently exclude water from some of these areas."
B.C. lacks overarching authority to oversee coastal flood management, ecosystem conservation
Parts of British Columbia could see massive losses if the province doesn’t start planning for flooding as ocean waters rise and storms surge due to climate change, says a researcher at the University of B.C. in Vancouver.
The Sea Also Rises.
Tough decisions lie ahead as climate change means "we're not going to be able to permanently exclude water from some of these areas."
It’s time to accept, not resist, rising sea levels.
Coastal communities could adapt to climate change with proactive, nature-based solutions.
Fire & Flood, Facing Two Extremes: Why B.C. can't always build its way out of risks.
Moving homes and infrastructure out of a flood-prone area, or "managed retreat," is often seen as a last resort but it's a tactic some experts believe should be used more frequently in B.C.
Were B.C.’s dikes ever up to the job of stopping floods like these?
For years, experts had been warning about weaknesses in the network of more than 1,100 kilometres of anti-flood fortifications – but fear of cost and lack of maintenance left many problems unsolved before it was too late.