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Auflistung nach Autor:in "Hodges, Nick"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    CITEAIR – Common Information to European Air
    (Sh@ring – EnviroInfo 2004, 2004) Hodges, Nick; Heich, Hermann-Josef
    The development of Europe ́s urban centres is in many ways linked with the development of sustainable mobility options. Changes in behaviour, economic growth or recession and structure of the population are factors that have an immediate impact on transport and mobility patterns. Cities and regions are the place where the most complex challenges in transport and environment need to be solved. Air quality has unquestionably adverse effects on human health. Traffic is the dominant source of environmental impacts in most urban areas. Local and regional authorities must therefore find efficient and integrated solutions for their environmental and traffic problems to improve the quality of life for their citizens. The requirement on European cities and regions to implement the related EU regulations on air quality has led to a multitude of initiatives to develop sustainable solutions, which balance the often competing demands of environmental quality and economic growth. The absence of a common approach for the implementation of these regulations has led to a variety of isolated solutions. This suggests that there is a need for pooling knowledge to developing better and more efficient solutions, solutions which go beyond the obligations of the related EU directives, creating synergies through the share of know-how, knowledge and experiences. This paper presents the content and the approach of the European Project CITEAIR – Common Information to European Air which is co-funded by the INTERREG IIIC programme. The project started in March 2004 and will be finished in February 2007. The main focus of the project is the further development and deployment of IST-tools, methods and policies for the efficient management of the urban environment and to inform the public on the environmental situation in a common format.
  • Konferenzbeitrag
    CITEAIR – Common Information to European Air
    (Informatics for Environmental Protection - Networking Environmental Information, 2005) Hodges, Nick; van den Elshout, Sef; Heich, Hermann-Josef; Lad, Chetan; Léger, Karine; Nussio, Fabio
    Air quality is becoming a major issue for European citizens, as they become more aware of its impact on their health. The number of days where pollution levels exceed acceptable thresholds, the severity of diseases and their impact on society are of increasing concern each year. This has encouraged 11 European cities and regions to collaborate in the CITEAIR project to develop tools and technologies which will provide a better assessment of urban air quality, support local action plans and policies for abating air quality problems. An Internet platform is being developed to inform the public on actual air quality situations, which will also enable comparisons between different European urban environments. The paper provides an overview of the approach of the CITEAIR project, and then focuses on the development of a proposed Common Air Quality Index (CAQI) and the implementation of a Common Operational Website (COW). The COW is an interactive website designed to automatically collect air quality data from monitoring sites in participating European cities and to present these data in a simplified format. This together with adoption of the CAQI will facilitate easy comparisons of air quality and exchange of ideas on improving air quality across Europe. CITEAIR invites European cities and regions to collaborate with the project by providing their air quality data for publication on the COW, together with examples of successful environmental management actions for use as case studies. This cooperation, at an early stage, will seek to ensure that the protocols and procedures for data-transfer, evaluation and presentations that are currently under development will meet the needs of the wider community.
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    Near Real-time Comparison of Air Quality Data Across European Cities and Regions
    (Managing Environmental Knowledge, 2006) van den Elshout, Sef; Leger, Karine; Heich, Hermann; Hodges, Nick; Nussion, Fabio