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Up-to-date provisional air quality data in Europe (near real-time data): Real-time data from around several thousand air quality measurement stations across Europe are transmitted to the EEA in Copenhagen on an hourly basis. Since the data must be as 'real-time' as possible, the data are displayed as soon as practical after the end of each hour.
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Urban environment - SOER 2010 thematic assessment: The global population is congregating in our cities. Eighty per cent of the world’s estimated nine billion people in 2050 are expected to live in urban areas. Our cities and urban areas face many challenges from social to health to environmental. The impacts of cities and urban areas are felt in other regions which supply cities with food, water and energy and absorb pollution and waste. However, the proximity of people, businesses and services associated with the very word ‘city’ means that there are also huge opportunities. Indeed, well designed, well managed urban settings offer a key opportunity for sustainable living.
Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Thematic assessments
Urban environment — key message 1: For the three-quarters of Europe's population that lives in cities and towns, a good urban environment is a precondition for a good quality of life. This quality of life depends inter alia on clean air and water, efficient transport, low noise levels and green spaces.
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Urban environment — key message 4: Despite some improvements, European cities and their inhabitants will still face a number of important challenges in the future. They are highly vulnerable to many impacts of climate change such as heat waves, water scarcity, flooding, and related health problems, and will still need to cope with high transport loads, air quality problems, noise and loss of green areas.
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User guide — AirBase: Documentation on how to use the AirBase maps and data viewers
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Using models for air quality assessment and planning: a guide: Computer models are increasingly used for estimating air quality or forecasting changes in pollution levels. Various different models are currently used across Europe. The new FAIRMODE reference guide aims to make these models comparable, well documented and validated in order to achieve reliable results.
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Zone exceedances of the 8-hour limit value CO, 2005: Zone exceedances of the 8 hourly limit value carbon monoxide (CO), 2005, reported under Annual report (questionnaire) on air quality assessment and management (2004/461/EC).
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Zone exceedances of the annual limit value NO2 year, 2005: Zone exceedances of the annual limit value NO2, 2005, reported under Annual report (questionnaire) on air quality assessment and management (2004/461/EC).
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Zone exceedances of the daily limit value PM10 day, 2005: Zone exceedances of the daily limit value lmit value PM10, 2005, reported under Annual report (questionnaire) on air quality assessment and management (2004/461/EC).
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Zone exceedances of the daily SO2 limit value, 2005: Zone exceedances of the daily SO2 limit value, 2005, reported under Annual report (questionnaire) on air quality assessment and management (2004/461/EC).
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