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Percentage of urban population resident in areas where pollutant concentrations are higher than selected limit/target values, EEA member countries, 1997-2007
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The rationale for selection of pollutant and corresponding limit/target values for CSI 004 is given in the justification for indicator selection. Only urban and sub-urban background monitoring stations have been included in the calculations.
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36th highest 24-hour mean PM10 concentration observed at urban background stations, EEA member countries, 1997-2007
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Percentage of population resident in urban areas potentially exposed to NO2 concentration levels exceeding the annual limit value, EEA member countries, 1997-2007
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The annual mean limit value is 40 µg NO2/m3. Over the years 1997-2007 the total population, for which exposure estimates are made, increased from 54 to 113 million people due to an increasing number of monitoring stations reporting air quality data under the Exchange of Information Decision.
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Annual mean NO2 concentration observed at urban background stations, EEA member countries, 1997-2007
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Percentage of population resident in urban areas potentially exposed to O3 concentration levels over the long-term objective for protection of human health, EEA member countries, 1997-2007
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The target value is 120 µg O3/m3 as daily maximum of 8 hour mean, not to be exceeded more than 25 days per calendar year, averaged over three years. Over the years 1997-2006 the total population for which exposure estimates are made, increases from 48 to 112 million people due to an increasing number of monitoring stations reporting under the Exchange of Information Decision.
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Ensuring quality of life in Europe's cities and towns
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In May 2008, the Council of Europe's Congress
of Local and Regional Authorities captured the
concerns and desires of urban policy‑makers
and citizens in the title of its new European
Urban Charter: Manifesto for a new urbanity.
Like numerous other international and European
charters, conventions and declarations, the
manifesto describes with some apprehension the
'unprecedented environmental, democratic, cultural,
social and economic challenges' facing urban centres
and their inhabitants.
Our report on quality of life in Europe's cities and
towns reiterates these concerns but also unravels the
many apparent paradoxes of urban development
and the sometimes perplexing realities of urban
Europe today. The report defines a vision for
progress towards a more sustainable, well‑designed
urban future.
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Transport at a crossroads. TERM 2008: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union
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The TERM 2008 report examines the performance of the transport sector vis-a-vis environmental performance. It concludes that there are plenty of options for synergies between different policy initiatives but also a risk of measures counteracting each other.
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Spatial assessment of PM10 and ozone concentrations in Europe (2005)
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This report presents particulate matter (PM10) and ground‑level ozone concentration maps covering the whole of Europe. The interpolated maps are based on a combination of measurement and regional modelling results. Using measured concentrations as a primary source of information, the report summarizes the methodologies and the methodological choices taken in order to derive such maps.
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Air pollution by ozone across Europe during summer 2008
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Overview of exceedances of EC ozone threshold values
for April–September 2008
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Overall changes in energy-related emissions by main group of air pollutants in the EU-27, 1990-2005
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The change in particulate matter includes emissions of both primary and secondary particulate-forming pollutants (the fraction of sulphur dioxide SO2, nitrogen oxides NOX and ammonia NH3 which, as a result of photo-chemical reactions in the atmosphere, transform into particulate matter with a diameter of 10 ¼m or less)
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