Ede
Mid-sized Dutch municipality on the agricultural fringe, facing heat, drought, and air-quality pressures.
Local partner
Municipality of Ede + Universiteit van Amsterdam.
About the site
Ede is a smaller Dutch municipality (~120,000 residents) but among the largest by surface area. Its proximity to agricultural land creates particular challenges for air quality and public health. Climate change brings combined pressures from heat, drought, and heavy rainfall. The municipality's challenges are twofold: green urban development to manage urban heat island effects and water absorption in built-up areas, alongside a rural transition toward sustainable agriculture and energy. Ede already monitors heat-stress vulnerability per neighbourhood.
Vulnerabilities under study
- Heat stress (neighbourhood-level monitoring active)
- Drought pressure
- Agricultural air-quality interface
- Heavy-rainfall absorption capacity
Linked work packages
- WP2: Joint Modelling: Designing the Model
- WP5: Innovations in Public-Health Policies and Urban Planning
Coordinate precision: city. Marker placed at the centre of Ede municipality.
Get involved
Community participation is at the heart of the citizen-science work in WP4. If you live in Ede and want to join, or if you represent a community organisation interested in collaborating, please reach out via the project contact below.