Severe flooding has affected the homes of many Canadians living in parts of Quebec, Ottawa and southern interior British Columbia this spring, reinforcing the importance of urban strategies that plan for the increased likelihood of such events. In March, 2017, the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions sponsored the first of two-day international Resilient Cities workshops hosted by Simon Fraser University Urban Studies and Germany’s Technical University (TU) of Dortmund. The workshop enabled scholars, students and professionals from the municipalities of Vancouver, Surrey and Richmond to share lessons and strategies on resilient city planning and flood protection with each other and their German colleagues.
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