Air Pollution

Air Pollution

This city was not included in the air pollution study and therefore there are no available data.

PM2.5 (ANNUAL MEAN)

  • 10 5 µg/m3 WHO recommended level
  • 20
  • 30 25 µg/m3 EU maximun level
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
  •  

RANKING POSITION

/858

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

0

IF NEW WHO GUIDELINES (2021)
WERE MET

0

IF FORMER WHO GUIDELINES (2005) WERE MET

0

IF THE LOWEST LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION WERE MET

Source contribution to PM2.5 -related mortality (in %)

This graph shows in what percentage the different sources of PM2.5 particles have contributed to the mortality associated with this pollutant.

NO2 (ANNUAL MEAN)

  • 10
  • 20 10 µg/m3
    WHO recommended level
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50 40 µg/m3
    EU
    maximun level
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
  •  

RANKING POSITION

/858

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

0

IF NEW WHO GUIDELINES (2021)
WERE MET

0

IF FORMER WHO GUIDELINES (2005) WERE MET

0

IF THE LOWEST LEVELS OF AIR POLLUTION WERE MET

Source contribution to NO2-related mortality (in %)

This graph shows in what percentage the different sources of NO2 have contributed to the mortality associated with this pollutant.

Green Space

Green Space

Vegetation Index (NDVI)

0.11
  • 0.10
  • 0.20
  • 0.30
  • 0.40
  • 0.50
  • 0.60
  • 0.70
  • 0.80
  • 0.90
  •  
0.105
NDVI goal
(WHO recommendation)

RANKING POSITION

/866

% OF POPULATION BELOW
TARGET NDVI

49.74%

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

1

IF WHO GUIDELINES WERE MET

Green Area (GA)

37.4%
  • 10%
  • 20%
  • 30% 25%
    GA
    (WHO recommendation)
  • 40%
  • 50%
  • 60%
  • 70%
  • 80%
  • 90%
  •  

RANKING POSITION

/866

% OF POPULATION BELOW
25% GA

60.92%

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

3

IF WHO GUIDELINES WERE MET

Traffic Noise

Traffic Noise

88.3%

% OF POPULATION EXPOSED TO HARMFUL NOISE LEVELS

16.9%

% OF HIGHLY ANNOYED POPULATION

DEATHS THAT COULD BE AVOIDED

1

EXPOSURE DATA SOURCE

Estimated method GAP FILLING METHOD

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Khomenko S, Cirach M, Pereira-Barboza E, Mueller N, Barrera-Gómez J, Rojas-Rueda D, de Hoogh K, Hoek G, Nieuwenhuijsen M. Premature mortality due to air pollution in European cities; a health impact assessment. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30272-2.

Khomenko S, Cirach M, Pereira-Barboza E, Mueller N, Barrera-Gómez J, Rojas-Rueda D, de Hoogh K, Hoek G, Nieuwenhuijsen M. Health impacts of the new WHO air quality guidelines in European cities, The Lancet Planetary Health, D-21-00431R1, Nov 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00288-6

Khomenko S, Pisoni E, Thunis P, Bessagnet B, Cirach M, Iungman T, Pereira Barboza E, Khreis H, Mueller N, Tonne C, de Hoogh K, Hoek G, Chowdhury S, Lelieveld J, Nieuwenhuijsen M. Spatial and sector-specific contributions to ambient air pollution and mortality in European cities, The Lancet Public Health, 2023.

REFERENCE: Pereira Barboza E, Cirach M, Khomenko S, Iungman S, Mueller N, Barrera-Gómez J, Rojas-Rueda D, Kondo M, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Green space and mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment study, The Lancet Planetary Health 2021; 5: e718–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00229-1

REFERENCE: Sasha Khomenko, Marta Cirach, Jose Barrera-Gómez, Evelise Pereira-Barboza, Tamara Iungman, Natalie Mueller, Maria Foraster, Cathryn Tonne, Meelan Thondoo, Calvin Jephcote, John Gulliver, James Woodcock, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen. Impact of road traffic noise on annoyance and preventable mortality in European cities: a health impact assessment. Environment International, Volume 162, 2022, 107160, ISSN 0160-4120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107160

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