🩺Health Risk Information Systems

• In Semarang, the LINCAH platform combines regional risk maps, health indicators and environmental data to identify priority areas and coordinate action across health agencies, emergency services and local government. This integrated approach helps the city understand where vulnerabilities are concentrated and target interventions with greater precision.
• In Seoul, linked air-quality and heat-alert systems trigger hospital preparedness protocols, enabling health facilities to anticipate spikes in respiratory and heat-related illnesses during extreme conditions. By connecting environmental signals to operational planning, the city improves early warning, resource allocation and protection for residents facing the highest exposure, while also supporting long-term improvements in emissions and air quality.

Together, these examples show how integrated information systems—rooted in technical monitoring and strengthened by community insight—help cities anticipate health risks, protect priority populations and shift from reactive crisis response to proactive, evidence-based resilience.

Climate-driven health risks escalate quickly and place significant strain on health systems. Integrated information systems give cities the ability to detect early warning signs, understand how risks evolve across neighbourhoods and mobilise coordinated responses. They support more accurate planning, reduce preventable harm and guide long-term policies that improve both environmental and health outcomes.