Jason Thistlethwaite

TL;DR: It is argued that property owners are not willing to accept greater responsibility for flood risk as envisioned by recent policy changes, which is consistent with other OECD jurisdictions, where flood risk engagement strategies have been developed that could be replicated in Canada to encourage risk-sharing behaviour.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a national-level socioeconomic status (SES) index to measure place-based relative social vulnerability and socioeconomic inequalities across Canada and investigated how disparities in overall socioeconomic status influence environmental justice outcomes for Canadian flood risk management planning and funding structures.

TL;DR: In this article, the strengths and weaknesses of climate change plans in 63 of the most populous communities across Canada were evaluated using a coding protocol consisting of 46 indicators based on eight plan quality characteristics: fact base, goals, policies, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, interorganizational coordination, participation, and plan organization and presentation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results from a national survey of Canadians living in high-risk flood areas, which probed their attitudes concerning the division of responsibility for flood mitigation and recovery among governments, insurers and homeowners, as well as their willingness to adopt protective behaviours.

TL;DR: In this article, the quality of flood maps in Canadian communities located in designated flood risk areas was evaluated using an evaluation framework comprising nine criteria grounded in existing scholarship, and the authors found that flood maps are a potentially valuable tool for facilitating this understanding of flood risk, but they vary considerably in availability and quality.