Air quality assessment zones of Belgium

The zones are used as reporting units of the air quality in Belgium. These zones are defined based on Article 3 of the 2004/107/EC Directive and Article 4 of the 2008/50/EC Directive. A zones shall mean a part of the territory of a Member State, as delimited by that Member State for the purposes of air quality assessment and management (source: 2008/50/EC).2008/50/EC Article 4: Establishment of zones and agglomerations: Member States shall establish zones and agglomerations throughout their territory. Air quality assessment and air quality management shall be carried out in all zones and agglomerations.

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Date (Publication)
2015-12-23T09:30:00
Date (Creation)
2015-12-22T09:30:00
Identifier
https://geo.irceline.be/csw/232844d3-26c5-47e4-9dae-1386fc4647e9
Custodian
  Belgian Interregional Environment Agency (IRCEL - CELINE)
Gaucheretstraat 92 , Brussels , 1030 , Belgium
https://www.irceline.be/
ThIST - Italian Thesaurus of Earth Sciences (Version: Linked Data 1.0)
  • Belgium
Keywords
  • EU Directive 2008/50/EC
  • air quality
GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01
  • air
  • air quality
  • air quality monitoring
  • environmental policy
  • health protection
Keywords
  • Dataflow B
EARTh- Enviromental Applications Reference THesaurus (Version: Linked Data 1.5)
  • air quality policy
EUROVOC (ver: 4.4)
  • EU environmental policy
  • monitoring of pollution
Keywords
  • Air Quality Assessment Zones
Keywords
  • Reporting INSPIRE
  • Air Quality Directive
  • AQD
  • 32008L0050
INSPIRE priority data set
  • Management zones and agglomerations (Air Quality Directive)
  • Model areas (Air Quality Directive)
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
Zone Type Code
  • air quality management zone
Environmental Domain
  • air
Spatial scope
  • National
Use limitation
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No
Other constraints
no limitation
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
1500000
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Environment
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Begin date
2014-01-01T09:30:00
End date
2014-12-31T09:30:00 Before
Reference system identifier
IRCEL - CELINE / https://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Distribution format
  • Administrative units GML application schema ( version 3.0; GML, version 3.2.1 )

OnLine resource
air_quality_assessment_zones ( OGC:WMS )

The zones are used as reporting units of the air quality in Belgium. Air Quality Assessment Zones are pollutant specific and only applicable for a given year. The data service supports Common Query Language (CQL).

OnLine resource
View service Air Quality Data Belgium - WMS ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

View service Air Quality Data Belgium - WMS

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Domain consistency

Name of measure
INSPIRE Conformity

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
The dataset described fills the technical requirements sustaining the interoperability of data sets and services, as stipulated in the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010
Pass
Yes
Statement
The dataset is created in the context of the 2008/50/EC Framework Directive. The Belgian territory is devided into zones according to the instructions listed in the 2008/50/EC Directive. Air Quality Assessment Zones are pollutant specific and only applicable for a given year. The data service supports Common Query Language (CQL).
File identifier
232844d3-26c5-47e4-9dae-1386fc4647e9 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2022-11-28T15:47:46
Metadata standard name
ISO19115
Metadata standard version
2003/Cor.1:2006
Point of contact
  Belgian Interregional Environment Agency (IRCEL - CELINE)
Gaucheretstraat 92 , Brussels , 1030 , Belgium
https://www.irceline.be/
 
 

Overviews

overview
thumbnail air quality assessment zones

Spatial extent

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Keywords

Environmental Domain
air
GEMET - Concept themes, version 4.01
air air quality air quality monitoring environmental policy health protection
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
INSPIRE priority data set
Management zones and agglomerations (Air Quality Directive) Model areas (Air Quality Directive)
Spatial scope
National
Zone Type Code
air quality management zone

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