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Abstract
Environmental Sensitivity Analysis: A Regional Examination in Alberta, Canada.
Track: Ecology, Archaeology, and Conservation
Author(s): Kim Hodge, Neil Gilson
This study examined the utility of using limited datasets to delineate environmentally sensitive areas in a rural municipality (MD) in Alberta, Canada. The subject MD spans an extremely diverse ecological community along the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, is located adjacent to a major urban community and is subject to intense development pressures. Limited, existing, ecological data were overlaid to delineate environmentally sensitive "hotspots." Hotspots were compared to existing ecological, biodiversity and wildlife habitat data and to current patterns of development. Project outputs provide useful planning information appropriate for identifying areas of concern, scoping environmental issues, and guiding further analysis and study.
Kim Hodge
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
PFRA
##600, 138 4 Ave SE
Calgary , Alberta T2G 4Z6
CANADA
Phone: 1+403-292-4562
Fax: 1+403-292-5659
E-mail: hodgek@em.agr.ca
Neil Gilson
Parks Canada Agency
Western Canada Service Centre
550, 220 - 4th Ave S.E.
Calgary , Alberta T2G 4X3
CANADA
Phone: 1+403-292-5088
Fax: 1+403-292-5659
E-mail: Neil_Gilson@pch.gc.ca