Tag: infrastructure
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News Release: MNAI meets growth with expanded board expertise
NEWS RELEASE MNAI meets growth with expanded board expertise FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 2, 2019) VICTORIA, BC – As more and more municipalities…
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New MNAI Decision-Maker Summaries
Below are decision-maker summaries for 5 of MNAI’s most popular research documents from the last year. They are part of a series…
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Reflections on nature-based solutions profiled at European Climate Change Adaptation conference in Lisbon
By Michelle Molnar – NAI’s Technical Director As the technical director for Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, I had the privilege to present…
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Where are they now? West Van
District of West Vancouver First in a series of posts on activities of the 5 original community pilots since completing formal involvement…
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Where are they now? Grand Forks
Major flooding challenges lead to a move to include nature-based solutions in Grand Forks, BC. Third in a series of posts on…
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Where are they now? Oakville
Natural assets prove unexpectedly valuable in Oakville’s stormwater management Second in a series of posts on activities of the 5 original community…
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And then there were 11
The next five community projects testing natural asset management across Canada are underway. The communities are: City of Courtenay and the District…
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Opportunity for a municipal natural assets project in a BC watershed: extended
In municipalities across Canada, infrastructure is aging, capital and operating costs are rising, and service delivery is strained by growing populations and shifting conditions. Solutions…
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Lowering development cost charges through eco asset approach
By: Michelle Molnar British Columbia’s coastal Town of Gibsons has demonstrated—again—that effectively managing municipal natural assets can pay huge dividends. The town…
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Results from the First National Cohort: Decision-Maker Summary
By Sara Jane O’Neill Local governments across Canada are focusing on sustainable service delivery – delivering core municipal services in a socially, economically…
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Natural asset management is proving its value in the field
By: Michelle Molnar, Technical Director While Canada focuses on efforts to reduce climate change, there’s growing recognition that we can’t meet our…
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A game-changing approach
British Columbia, as with other Canadian provinces, is looking at ways to meet its emissions reduction targets. When the province’s auditor general…
