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Climate Portal Flanders Tools-PLAN-tool

The PLAN-tool is an interactive climate adaptation scenario and planning tool developed by the Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) within Klimaatportaal Vlaanderen. The tool allows users to explore and compare adaptation scenarios for municipalities, neighbourhoods, water bodies, and specific locations in Flanders. It visualises how adaptation measures such as green roofs, tree planting, infiltration measures, water storage, and de-sealing can reduce risks related to heat, drought, and flooding, and provides indicative information on costs, benefits, and co-benefits. The tool supports local climate adaptation planning, prioritisation of measures, and climate-resilient spatial planning.

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What you can do with it

Input

  • Select a municipality, neighbourhood, water body or specific location in Flanders.
  • Choose and combine adaptation measures such as green roofs, trees, infiltration, water storage and de-sealing.
  • Explore alternative adaptation scenarios.
  • Compare present and future climate conditions and local spatial information.

Output

  • Maps and graphs comparing adaptation scenarios.
  • Indicators showing changes in heat, drought and flood-related outcomes.
  • Decision-support information on adaptation measures.
  • Indicative costs, benefits and co-benefits.
  • Results at municipality, neighbourhood, statistical-sector and water-body levels.

Use it to

  • Identify adaptation options for heat, drought, flooding and heavy rainfall.
  • Compare combinations of measures and their likely effects.
  • Assess and prioritise adaptation scenarios.
  • Explore nature-based solutions and spatial interventions.
  • Support local adaptation plans and climate-resilient spatial planning.
  • Consider indicative costs, benefits and co-benefits.

Why is it relevant to climate adaptation

Helps Flemish municipalities move from understanding climate impacts to testing what different adaptation choices could achieve. Users can combine measures such as trees, green roofs, infiltration, storage and de-sealing and compare their effects, costs and co-benefits at locally relevant scales. This makes the PLAN Tool particularly useful for discussing and prioritising packages of measures before moving to detailed project design.

Used in

  • Municipal and neighbourhood adaptation-scenario planning across Flanders.
  • Comparison of green roofs, tree planting, infiltration, water storage and de-sealing measures.
  • Local planning for heat, drought, flooding and heavy precipitation through Klimaatportaal Vlaanderen.
  • Cost-benefit and co-benefit exploration for Flemish adaptation scenarios.
  • Climate-resilient spatial planning at municipality, neighbourhood and water-body levels.

Metadata

User Group
National authoritiesSubnational authoritiesBusinesses/consultants
Geographic coverage
Countries:
Belgium
Spatial resolution

Rasterdata with rasters 1m x 1m or 100m x 100m.; Indicators are derived from those maps on the level of municipality, statistical sector or neighbourhoud, and water body.

Support of Adaptation Policy Cycle
Step 2: Assessing Climate Change Risks and Vulnerabilities
Step 3: Identifying Adaptation Options
Step 4: Assessing and Prioritising Adaptation Options
Adaptation sectors
AgricultureBiodiversityBuildings
Climate hazards
Heavy precipitation / extreme rainfallFloodingHeat
Type of outputs
Maps and graphsReports and decision supportDatasets and indicators
Temporality of data
PresentForward-looking
Language
Dutch
Accessibility and usability
Moderate
Data sources
Public datasets from external providersProject-generated or processed datasetsMixed sources
Tool validation use
Case-study validationExpert validation / reputable institutionUser testing / pilot testing

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