Lunenburg Part 2 - Section 5 - Social Vulnerability - August 30.pdf
Lunenburg Part 2 - Section 5 - Social Vulnerability - August 30.pdf
Lunenburg Part 2 - Section 5 - Social Vulnerability - August 30.pdf
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Portions of Bayview Road<br />
Portions of Gates Bay Road<br />
Portions of Bear Trap Road<br />
Portions of Beach Road<br />
Impacts on Non-Residential Properties<br />
In addition to residential properties, a number of commercial, industrial and marine facilities are<br />
impacted. These include restaurants, stores, wharves, and fisheries-related infrastructure,<br />
including a High Liner Foods fish plant. Damage to these businesses and facilities could result in<br />
the interruption in or loss of employment for residents, thereby increasing their social<br />
vulnerability.<br />
The maps in Appendix E illustrate these spatial patterns of vulnerability.<br />
Areas outside the LiDAR-Generated Scenarios:<br />
LiDAR data were unavailable for portions of Dissemination areas 114 and 115. In those areas,<br />
the 5 metre contour – the contour closest to the storm surge predicted in Scenario C – serves as<br />
a surrogate for a flood scenario zone. A number of properties have residences situated below 5<br />
metres elevation.<br />
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Dissemination Area 113 has 16 buildings located below 5 metres in elevation.<br />
Dissemination Area 114 has 248 buildings located below 5 metres in elevation; access<br />
routes servicing 412 buildings are located below 5 metres in elevation.<br />
Dissemination Area 117 has 27 buildings located below 5 metres in elevation; loss of<br />
access to buildings in this area is already accounted for in scenarios A-C.<br />
Dissemination Area 135 has 2 buildings located below 5 metres in elevation.<br />
Assessment of Affected Dissemination Areas<br />
This section interprets the aspects of vulnerability that are likely to require attention in each<br />
dissemination area moving from Mahone Bay south along the coast to Voglers Cove.<br />
Dissemination Area 135<br />
Under Scenario B, 17 buildings in DA 135 are inundated, and 103 are isolated.<br />
Under Scenario C, 20 buildings in DA 135 are inundated, and 132 are isolated.<br />
DA 135 has 2 buildings located below 5 metres in elevation.<br />
Dissemination area 135 has Average overall social vulnerability, with indicator scores ranging<br />
from Low to Very High.<br />
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While this area has Below Average levels of low income and unemployment, a High level<br />
of family income comes from government transfer payments.<br />
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