European Environment Agency (EEA)

In Europe, some groups are more vulnerable than others to climate change impacts, i.e. their health and well-being is affected more than that of the general population. The include the elderly, children, those in poor health, as well as low socio-economic status groups, for example those on low incomes or unemployed. This viewer analyses the exposure of vulnerable populations (the elderly and unemployed) and social infrastructure (schools and hospitals) to the risk of flooding. It also presents the exposure of social infrastructure to the Urban Heat Island effect for 100 European cities.

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