Test and toolbox for a healthy living environment
A climate-adaptive environment is a living environment that is prepared for high water levels and extreme downpours, that can withstand prolonged periods of drought, and that is sufficiently resistant to heat stress.
A climate-adaptive environment has much ground in common with a healthy living environment; a case in point is the presence of greenery in a neighbourhood. Furthermore, the healthy living environment is one of the topics and objects of the Environment Act. The “Test and Toolbox for a healthy living environment” is a practical tool that provides insight into the climate resilience and public health within an area, and suggests specific measures for improvement.
During the Test, a particular location or neighbourhood is analysed on the basis of three key issues: Generic Quality (including climate adaptation), Activity, and Socialising. These issues have each been subdivided into certain criteria, on the basis of which a location is assessed. The Test demonstrates which criteria require additional attention in order to foster an overall healthy living environment. Subsequently, the Toolbox provides a set of spatial solutions and options to be used as guidelines for urban development.