An urban planner is urging the City of Vancouver to start upgrading its dikes and seawalls, or risk losing several landmark communities.
Andrew Yan estimates the City will have to spend more than 500 million dollars to upgrade the systems to defend its shoreline from rising sea levels.
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Yan says communities like Granville Island and False Creek are at risk.
He also warns Richmond’s Steveston area and Surrey’s Crescent Beach will face significant pressures in the future.
The BC government estimates mean sea level will rise by about 120 centimeters in the Fraser Delta by 2100, potentially resulting in extreme high water levels.
Research has also found that sea level across the globe has risen more in the last century, than in the past 2,000 years.
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