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Indicators on Urban Air Quality - A review of current methodologies
ETC/ACC Technical Paper 2009/8

Released: 2010/01/07: See the report

Abstract:
To follow the development of the air quality in European urban areas, several sets of indicators have been developed over the years. At the European level, Eurostat, the European Commission and EEA use each a different set. This report discusses the similarities and differences in objectives, methodologies, assumptions made in calculating the indicator values and in input data between the three main indicators at the European level (Structural Indicator, Urban Audit indicators and the Core Set of Indicators).
Recommendations on streamlining the input requirements of the indicators and on harmonisation of calculation procedures are given. A possible extension of the indicator with PM2.5-results is recommended. An additional indicator giving more directly information on the health impacts of air pollution is presented.

Prepared by: ETC/ACC consortium partner members Frank de Leeuw (PBL) and Jaroslav Fiala (CHMI)

Published by: ETC/ACC, December 2009, 35 pp.