Tools for evaluating health impacts due to heat in Flanders, now and in the future

More and longer heat waves increase the risk of heatstroke, cardiovascular or respiratory disease, as well as the risk of premature death.

Together with UHasselt, VITO mapped heat-related mortality and vulnerability using significant population and environmental characteristics.

Thanks to the interactive online dashboard, the preventive climate-health policy gets insight into priority locations and vulnerable target groups. This allows health professionals to take more targeted actions. The dashboard on heat-related mortality provides insight into the current and future health impacts of heat by municipality and age group.

Heat vulnerability map

Heat impact tool (mortality)

Heat vulnerability map in the media