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New Brunswick Lung Association's integrated environmental health initiative
This project aims to increase awareness and support community-based decision making on matters related to climate change, air quality and human health in New Brunswick.
In conjunction with GeoConnections, the New Brunswick Lung Association (NBLA) will leverage the data, technology and standards of the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI) to provide on-line, regional scalable maps. The new application will allow NBLA to merge substantial amounts of climate change- and health-related data into a single web interface.
This system will allow the dissemination of data through highly customized maps to a wide range of users via the Internet, and will create a foundation for integrating health, air quality, climate change and other environmental data across five eastern Canadian provinces and six New England states.
Primary Partner:
CARIS Universal Systems Ltd.
Fredericton,
New Brunswick;
Partners: GeoConnections; NB Lung Association; Canadian Information System for the Environment (CISE - Environment Canada); CARIS Ltd; Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (CCIARN); Meteorological Service of Canada - Atlantic Region, Environment Canada; Sea-Level Rise Project, Environment Canada; Emergency Measures Organization - Public Safety; NB Department of Health; NB Department of Energy; Services New Brunswick; University of New Brunswick - Environment and Sustainable Development Research Centre; University of New Brunswick - Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering; University of New Brunswick - Faculty of Computer Science; National Research Council; Federation of Canadian Municipalities; City of Fredericton; City of Moncton; New Brunswick Environment Industry Association; Sustainable Development Association; Bathurst Sustainable Development; University of Moncton; Falls Brook Centre; Science East Centre; Learning for a Sustainable Future; Eastern Canada Soil and Water Conservation Centre; River Valley Health; Community Health Promotion Network Atlantic; Saint John Citizen's Coalition for Clean Air; Quebec Lung Association; Nova Scotia Climate Change Centre; PEI Climate Change Hub; NFLD Climate Change Centre; American Lung Association;
Funding From GeoConnections: $162,415.00 ( 44.75 %)
Estimated Inception Date: January, 2004
Estimated Completion Date: March, 2005
Deliverables from this project benefitted the following provinces: New Brunswick;
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