Bringing Climate Change Science to the Landscape Level: Canadian Experience in Using Landscape Visualisation Within Participatory Processes for Community Planning - Landscape Ecology for Sustainable Environment and Culture - page 128

Fig. 7.4 Landscape visualisations showing projected sea level rise impacts and hypothetical
adaptations in the year 2100 with 1.2 m sea level rise in South Delta, BC. a View in 2100 with
current dike conditions and projected flooding from a nearby dike breach. Visualisation Credit D.
Flanders, CALP, UBC. b View with raised dike in the ''Hold the Line'' scenario, Visualisation
Credit D. Flanders, CALP, UBC

Beyond the formal evaluation, the visioning project has been well received by
the public, politicians, planners, engineers, and international scientists. The
resulting visual products have been sought after by local to national media, pro-
viding an expanded opportunity for public education and awareness building. The
steadily growing number of invited presentations on the visioning methods and
results, coming from local, provincial, national and international audiences, sug-
gests a hunger for techniques and information of this kind. Longitudinal studies on
the long-lasting impact of the visualisation-aided process are now underway.
Collaboration with the municipality of Delta in particular have continued to this
day, drawing on the data and trust relationships previously established. Recent
work adapting the LCCV process has focused on developing a range of adaptation
scenarios responding to sea level rise though 2100, tied both to spatial analysis of
land values and other outcomes, and to detailed landscape visualisations
explaining specific adaptation measures and their implications (Fig. 7.4 ). 4 These

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Funded primarily by Natural Resources Canada and BC Ministry of Environment.