Tools to Assess Flood Risk of Commercial Property Investment

评估商业地产投资洪水风险的工具

• 批准号: 485401-2015
• 负责人: StAmour, Wayne
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Nova Scotia Community College
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=584924
• 关键词: Tools; Assess; Flood; Risk; Commercial

Coastal flooding is an increasing problem for industries and property owners. Adaptation measures must be implemented by industries that are in flood prone areas and tools to assess flood risk need to be developed to assist companies deciding where to invest. Many coastal communities in Nova Scotia are located at the mouth of major rivers, which make them particularly vulnerable to flooding as sea-level rises. Liverpool, Nova Scotia is one of these communities. Located on the coast where the Mersey River drains into the Atlantic Ocean, Liverpool has areas that have recently seen flooding, possibly from the confluence of overland and storm surge flooding. Parsons Investments Ltd. owns commercial properties in Liverpool which have been damaged due to flooding from the Mersey Estuary in recent years, and are potentially susceptible to combined overland and storm surge flooding. The company is looking to develop tools to investigate mitigation options, and provide a greater understanding of flooding potential for future property development and coastal investments. NSCC's Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) will explore new remote sensing technology (airborne topographic-bathymetric lidar) to assist Parsons Investments in determining the susceptibility of its assets in Liverpool to flooding as well as Liverpool's downtown area, and propose adaptation strategies. Specifically, AGRG will acquire topo-bathymetric lidar for a section of the Mersey River from Liverpool to the outlet where it drains into the Atlantic Ocean to use as input elevation data for a flood model. The new lidar sensor, owned by NSCC, is capable of surveying the river channel bathymetry and Liverpool's land topography, capturing seamless elevation data along the critical land-water boundary. Also, a large scale model for the study site will be constructed and run to investigate past and potential flood events in the future changing climate (ie. sea-level rise). These results will assist Parsons Investments and the other stakeholders in the town and investment community in understanding coastal vulnerability regarding this area and future investment opportunities, and investigate the benefits of using detailed channel bathymetry in flood risk prediction.

沿海洪水对于工业和业主来说是一个日益严重的问题。适应措施必须 由洪水易发地区的行业实施，并需要开发评估洪水风险的工具 协助公司决定投资地点。新斯科舍省的许多沿海社区都位于河口 随着海平面上升，主要河流特别容易遭受洪水侵袭。新斯科舍省利物浦 就是这些社区之一。位于默西河注入大西洋的海岸， 利物浦的一些地区最近发生了洪水，可能是由于陆路和风暴潮的交汇造成的 洪水。帕森斯投资有限公司 (Parsons Investments Ltd.) 在利物浦拥有商业地产，但由于 近年来来自默西河口的洪水，可能容易受到陆路和陆路综合影响 风暴潮洪水。该公司正在寻求开发工具来调查缓解方案，并提供 更好地了解未来房地产开发和沿海投资的洪水潜力。 NSCC的应用地理信息研究组（AGRG）将探索新的遥感技术（机载 地形测深激光雷达）协助 Parsons Investments 确定其资产的敏感性 利物浦针对洪水以及利物浦市中心地区的情况，提出了适应策略。具体来说， AGRG 将为从利物浦到出水口的默西河一段河段购买地形测深激光雷达。 它流入大西洋，用作洪水模型的输入高程数据。新型激光雷达传感器，拥有 由 NSCC 负责，能够测量河道水深和利物浦的陆地地形，捕获 沿关键陆地-水边界的无缝高程数据。此外，研究地点的大型模型将 建造和运行以调查未来气候变化中过去和潜在的洪水事件（即 海平面上升）。这些结果将有助于帕森斯投资公司和该镇的其他利益相关者 投资界了解该地区沿海脆弱性和未来投资 机会，并研究在洪水风险预测中使用详细的河道测深的好处。