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The Bristol areas most vulnerable to heat revealed
A newly published map uncovers the wards in our city most vulnerable to heat.
The first of its kind, the online tool aims to explore where heatwaves have the biggest impact on health and wellbeing.
It reveals that inner city areas are the most vulnerable – including Lawrence Hill, Easton, St George Central, Central, St George West, Hillfields.
is needed now More than ever
❗️NEW❗️ We’ve just launched #KeepBristolCool a unique mapping tool that highlights areas of #Bristol most vulnerable to heat. It will help policy and decision-makers build resilience to increasing #heatwave due to the #climatecrisis https://t.co/Nfl9w9AGiU#BristolClimateAction pic.twitter.com/m7dsnXugHs
— Bristol City Council (@BristolCouncil) August 18, 2022
Writing about the Keep Bristol Cool map, Marvin Rees described it as “the next pioneering tool to help our city become more climate resilient.”.
“We’ve worked to refine this tool to see how it could help protect vulnerable people during heatwaves, support the development of green infrastructure strategies, make homes less likely to overheat, and aid the longer-term growth and regeneration of the city,” wrote the Labour mayor.
Rees added: “To reach our climate goals by 2030 and to safeguard the city against extreme heat, our city needs to work together.
“The Keep Bristol Cool mapping tool will offer service-providers, businesses and organisations across the city the opportunity to use this tool to help with their future planning.”
August saw Bristol experience record temperatures, at points reaching the mid-30s, as the first red weather warning was declared for extreme heat.
Rees said Bristol is the first city in the UK to develop an online tool of this kind, which uses date on current heat vulnerability and climate change.
It brings together information on population, homes, deprivation, age and local environment.
For more information, visit: www.bcc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=986e3531099f48d393052fab91ceff51
Main photo: Mia Vines Booth
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