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Coastal Communities and Threats from the Ocean! Barbara Paterson & Anthony Charles! School of the Environment, Saint Mary’s University Introduc)on Systema)c Review Method • Threats from the ocean include storms, floods, and oil spills • 7 million Canadians are at risk • What can people in coastal communi)es do to • Criteria: ar)cles about the aVermath of a hazard event from a community perspec)ve Total found! = 7817 respond to these threats? Other sources! = 228 ! Objec)ve • Learn what communi)es all over the world are doing to respond to hazards • Develop best prac)ce advice: Which responses work best in what kinds of situa)ons? Acknowledgements: ! Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada ! Canada’s Networks of Centres of Excellence Program Initial! screening ! = 8045 Excluded ! = 5943 Potential! = 2007 Unobtainable! = 336 Fulltext! = 1671 ! Excluded! = 1326 • Most ar)cles are about storms and floods storm 24% other 25% drought 6% tsunami 10% earthquake 13% flood 23% Included! = 345 • Community responses have the following proper)es: • Aim to modify event, vulnerability or loss • Operate at different scales: household, community, local authority • Fit into more specific categories: e.g. Results Audiences and benefits • Global distribu)on of events in literature • Focus on North America, Asia & Oceania planning, structural, social • Communi)es learn how people all over the world cope with threats • Seeing “we are not alone” helps overcome feeling of powerlessness • Local authori)es learn that communi)es are a resource they can partner with • Academic community learns what has been wriUen about community responses
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