Flood Risk and Vulnerability Analysis Project - Atlantic Climate ...

Sub-region
Precipitation
Climate Change Factors
Hurricanes &
Tropical
Storms
Sea Level
Rise
West-CB 1.00 1.00 0.80
West-1 1.00 1.00 0.80
West-2 1.00 1.00 0.00
West-3 1.00 1.00 0.80
West-4 1.00 1.00 0.80
Central-1 1.00 0.50 0.95
Central-2 1.00 0.50 0.00
Central-3 1.00 0.50 0.95
East-1 1.00 2.00 1.00
East-2 1.00 2.00 1.00
East-SJ 1.00 2.00 1.00
Table 6-2. Sub-region Climate Change Factors
Data presented in Table 6-2 summarizes the information presented in Table 4-2 in Task D –
Assess Need for New / Updated Flood Risk Mapping. The Eastern Region is most susceptible
to threats from hurricanes, tropical storms, and sea level rise, compared to the other two regions
of the island. It should be noted that Sub-regions West-2 and Central-2 are inland regions and
therefore not affected by sea level rise.
For this section the socio-economic factors were calculated as follows:
2011 Population represent the sum of the population of each of the communities
included in each Sub-region. The source of the community population data is Statistics
Canada.
Population Priority Factor represents the average of those communities included in each
Sub-region. For individual communities, communities with a 2011 population less than
500 residents were issued a 0. Communities with a 2011 population between 501 and
5,000 were issued a 1. Communities with a 2011 population greater than 5,000 were
issued a 2 as a Priority Factor.
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