The 'Climate Just' Map Tool shows the geography of England’s vulnerability to climate change at a neighbourhood scale.
The Climate Just Map Tool shows which places may be most disadvantaged through climate impacts. It aims to raise awareness about how social vulnerability combined with exposure to hazards, like flooding and heat, may lead to uneven impacts in different neighbourhoods, causing climate disadvantage.
Climate Just Map Tool includes maps on:
- Flooding (river/coastal and surface water)
- Heat
- Fuel poverty.
The flood and heat analysis for England is based on an assessment of social vulnerability in 2011 carried out by the University of Manchester. This has been combined with national datasets on exposure to flooding, using Environment Agency data, and exposure to heat, using UKCP09 data.
Data is available at Middle Super Output Area (MSOA) level across England. Summaries of numbers of MSOAs are shown in the file named Climate Just-LA_summaries_vulnerability_disadvantage_Dec2014.xls
Indicators include:
Climate Just-Flood disadvantage_2011_Dec2014.xlsx
Fluvial flood disadvantage index
Pluvial flood disadvantage index (1 in 30 years)
Pluvial flood disadvantage index (1 in 100 years)
Pluvial flood disadvantage index (1 in 1000 years)
Climate Just-Flood_hazard_exposure_2011_Dec2014.xlsx
Percentage of area at moderate and significant risk of fluvial flooding
Percentage of area at risk of surface water flooding (1 in 30 years)
Percentage of area at risk of surface water flooding (1 in 100 years)
Percentage of area at risk of surface water flooding (1 in 1000 years)
Climate Just-SSVI_indices_2011_Dec2014.xlsx
Sensitivity - flood and heat
Ability to prepare - flood
Ability to respond - flood
Ability to recover - flood
Enhanced exposure - flood
Ability to prepare - heat
Ability to respond - heat
Ability to recover - heat
Enhanced exposure - heat
Socio-spatial vulnerability index - flood
Socio-spatial vulnerability index - heat
Climate Just-SSVI_indicators_2011_Dec2014.xlsx
% children < 5 years old
% people > 75 years old
% people with long term ill-health/disability (activities limited a little or a lot)
% households with at least one person with long term ill-health/disability (activities limited a little or a lot)
% unemployed
% in low income occupations (routine & semi-routine)
% long term unemployed / never worked
% households with no adults in employment and dependent children
Average weekly household net income estimate (equivalised after housing costs) (Pounds)
% all pensioner households
% households rented from social landlords
% households rented from private landlords
% born outside UK and Ireland
Flood experience (% area associated with past events)
Insurance availability (% area with 1 in 75 chance of flooding)
% people with % unemployed
% in low income occupations (routine & semi-routine)
% long term unemployed / never worked
% households with no adults in employment and dependent children
Average weekly household net income estimate (equivalised after housing costs) (Pounds)
% all pensioner households
% born outside UK and Ireland
Flood experience (% area associated with past events)
Insurance availability (% area with 1 in 75 chance of flooding)
% single pensioner households
% lone parent household with dependent children
% people who do not provide unpaid care
% disabled (activities limited a lot)
% households with no car
Crime score (IMD)
% area not road
Density of retail units (count /km2)
% change in number of local VAT-based units
% people with % not home workers
% unemployed
% in low income occupations (routine & semi-routine)
% long term unemployed / never worked
% households with no adults in employment and dependent children
Average weekly household net income estimate (Pounds)
% all pensioner households
% born outside UK and Ireland
Insurance availability (% area with 1 in 75 chance of flooding)
% single pensioner households
% lone parent household with dependent children
% people who do not provide unpaid care
% disabled (activities limited a lot)
% households with no car
Travel time to nearest GP by walk/public transport (mins - representative time)
% of at risk population (no car) outside of 15 minutes by walk/public transport to nearest GP
Number of GPs within 15 minutes by walk/public transport
Number of GPs within 15 minutes by car
Travel time to nearest hospital by walk/public transport (mins - representative time)
Travel time to nearest hospital by car (mins - representative time)
% of at risk population outside of 30 minutes by walk/PT to nearest hospital
Number of hospitals within 30 minutes by walk/public transport
Number of hospitals within 30 minutes by car
% people with % not home workers
Change in median house price 2004-09 (Pounds)
% area not green space
Area of domestic buildings per area of domestic gardens (m2 per m2)
% area not blue space
Distance to coast (m)
Elevation (m)
% households with the lowest floor level: Basement or semi-basement
% households with the lowest floor level: ground floor
% households with the lowest floor level: fifth floor or higher