Description
Temperatures in cities tend to be higher than in surrounding rural areas, leading to increased human exposure to heat stress during heatwaves. The elderly and children in particular are affected by this health problem. This indicator quantifies this increased exposure using the additional ‘heat wave degree days’ measured in cities, which take into account both the weight and duration of heat waves.In this indicator, we take the definition used by the Federal Public Service for Public Health for a heat wave: ‘a period of at least three consecutive days with a minimum average temperature (average over the three days and not per day) above 18,2 °C and a maximum average temperature above 29,6 °C’.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spread avoids number of heat wave degree days in the summer of 2019 (Flanders) | PNG | Open resource | |
| Average daily run of the urban heat island effect | CSV | Open resource | |
| Heat island effect in and around cities in Flanders and Brussels | CSV | Open resource | |
| Spread avoids number of heat wave rate days under current climate | PNG | Open resource | |
| Spread prevent number of heat wave degree days in the summer of 2018 (Flanders) | PNG | Open resource | |
| Heat wave degree days in and around Antwerp | CSV | Open resource | |
| Spread prevent number of heat wave rate days in the summer of 2021 (Flanders) | PNG | Open resource | |
| Spreiding voorkomen aantal hittegolfgraaddagen in de zomer van 2022 | PNG | Open resource | |
| Spread avoids number of heat wave rate days in the summer of 2020 (Flanders) | PNG | Open resource |