Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00545, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Gergel, Sarah (The University of British Columbia), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : British Columbia|Colombie-Britannique, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Pollutants in urban stormwater runoff from cities is a primary stressor on urban aquatic ecosystems and_x000D_
exacerbated by increased impervious surfaces. Our industrial partners at Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd._x000D_
(KWL) routinely provide monitoring and modelling advice for stormwater management in Canadian cities and_x000D_
have been instrumental in designing Metro Vancouver's Integrated Stormwater Management Plans (ISMPs)._x000D_
Our KWL partners report that several commonly-used ISMP indicators are potentially inadequate for_x000D_
monitoring. Land cover measures such as % impervious area and % riparian forest integrity are used in ISMPs_x000D_
to predict and track changes in urban aquatic systems. To date, delineation of such features with coarse spatial_x000D_
resolution data is inadequate for mapping fine-scale impervious surfaces and remnant riparian vegetation. This_x000D_
ENGAGE project will improve indicators related to land use and land cover (e.g., impervious surfaces and_x000D_
riparian stream vegetation) which underpin the ISMP approach. Assessing the effectiveness and limitations of_x000D_
ISMPs, and suggesting improvements, is the key to their continued implementation., program purpose french : Pollutants in urban stormwater runoff from cities is a primary stressor on urban aquatic ecosystems and_x000D_
exacerbated by increased impervious surfaces. Our industrial partners at Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd._x000D_
(KWL) routinely provide monitoring and modelling advice for stormwater management in Canadian cities and_x000D_
have been instrumental in designing Metro Vancouver's Integrated Stormwater Management Plans (ISMPs)._x000D_
Our KWL partners report that several commonly-used ISMP indicators are potentially inadequate for_x000D_
monitoring. Land cover measures such as % impervious area and % riparian forest integrity are used in ISMPs_x000D_
to predict and track changes in urban aquatic systems. To date, delineation of such features with coarse spatial_x000D_
resolution data is inadequate for mapping fine-scale impervious surfaces and remnant riparian vegetation. This_x000D_
ENGAGE project will improve indicators related to land use and land cover (e.g., impervious surfaces and_x000D_
riparian stream vegetation) which underpin the ISMP approach. Assessing the effectiveness and limitations of_x000D_
ISMPs, and suggesting improvements, is the key to their continued implementation., agreement title english : Improving geospatial components of integrated stormwater management plans (ISMPs), agreement title french : Improving geospatial components of integrated stormwater management plans (ISMPs), agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-11-08, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada