The HEJMI builds on the Council’s existing Environmental Justice Measure Index (EJMI) – a
weighted, small-area (LSOA) composite of environmental conditions spanning sustainable transport, green
space and tree canopy, air quality, flood risk, land-surface temperature, building energy efficiency and
deprivation (IMD). The purpose of this project is to link these environmental metrics to healthcare outcomes
so that the i
The overall aim is to see if changes to policies aimed at reducing the environmental disadvantage of
vulnerable communities through targeted local action – such as green infrastructure, active travel, housing
retrofit and air-quality measures – can help reduce the associated health impacts, especially at times of
extreme climatic conditions and in particular in areas of existing health inequalities.
