H. Auld, D.MacIver, N. Urquizo and A. Fenech

Meteorological Service of Canada 4905 Dufferin Street Downsview, Ontario, M3H 5T4

As part of Commission 4, two pilot projects were developed to enhance the interlinkages between biometeorology and adaptation within the context of climate change and biometeorology. In the first case, an Integrated Mapping Assessment Project (IMAP) was developed in cooperation with the University of Toronto. The IMAP project, a web-based resource, began by collecting and archiving peer-reviewed maps from multiple bio-disciplines, especially climate and air quality. With more than 400 maps in the collection, a number of procedures were assessed to demonstrate the integration methodologies, based on case study examples, such as climate change and biodiversity, land-use and human-health issues. The guidelines developed from this project resulted in a six-step set of procedures, suitable for country studies. The second project, Lifestyle Meteorology, utilizes the collection of maps in IMAP as the base resource and recognizes that each published bio-map is based on different aggregate data units, contours, assemblages or projections. The electronic integration methodologies developed for this Lifestyle Meteorology project serve as effective adaptation and environmental assessment tools by engaging the user interactively to define their respective lifestyle criteria within the context of multiple biometeorological issues. In turn, this defines acceptable areas to live, play or retire.