Friday, November 11, 2011
The UK must prepare for extreme weather and ageing population, according to
the University of Durham. Researchers have mapped areas of England most likely to face more extreme
weather events and increasingly elderly populations, and have called on service
providers to adjust their planning to meet these challenges. The new maps, produced by Durham University's Institute of Hazard, Risk and
Resilience and Heriot-Watt University, suggest that many areas in England
projected to see an increase in severe weather events, such as floods and
heatwaves, over the next 30 years may need to care for high proportions of
vulnerable older people. The findings are relevant to the whole of the UK where an increase in extreme weather events coupled
with population ageing are also expected. Read more at http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/research/?itemno=12909
