European urban air quality research projects
Synergy leading
to European-wide Innovation
The six projects complement the aims and objectives of
the individual programmes and provide a strong critical mass of
research in urban air quality research. This synergy will lead to
significant innovation in the field of urban air quality research
and urban governance.
Scientific and
Technological Benefits
This is very timely as there is now potential for making substantial
scientific breakthroughs, especially in relation to improved understanding
of sources of pollutants such as particles, processes that affect
pollutant dispersion in street and urban scale situations, new modelling
tools and improving the interface between the science and the end
users.
Social and Economic
and Environmental Benefits
The cluster is also well placed to encourage the process of European-wide
dissemination and exploitation of the scientific advances for the
benefit of the end users and the citizen. Through the implementation
of the outputs of the cluster projects there will be social and
economic benefits including, improved health of citizens in urban
areas (especially of susceptible groups like children and the elderly),
more effective transport and air quality management polices and
reduced costs for commuters and businesses as a result of reductions
in congestion. Improved interface between the science and users
will also have major benefits as this will lead to more effective
decision-making process operating at the urban governance level.
Such advances will assist regulatory and city authorities to meet
EU air quality limit values of pollutants such as PM10 and NO2,
businesses to be more competitive internationally and for the general
quality of life to be enhanced in urban areas. The Cluster will
also hope to assist the formulation of future policies on urban
air quality through links with CAFÉ as well as to position
itself for the new Sixth Framework Programme.
Aim
and objectives of CLEAR
The projects:
FUMAPEX
Coordinator:
Dr Alexander Baklanov,
DMI, Denmark
Title:
Integrated Systems for Forecasting Urban Meteorology, Air Pollution
and Population Exposure
Aim: To improve meteorological forecasts for urban
areas and link Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models to Urban
Air Pollution and exposure models leading to an improved Urban Air
Quality Information and Forecast System for application in cities
in various European climates.
www: http://fumapex.dmi.dk/
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INTEGAIRE
Coordinator:
Dr Eva Baños,
EUROCITIES,
Belgium
Title:
Integrated Urban Governance and Air Quality Management in EUROPE
Aim: To explore solutions to key challenges for
urban governance and air quality management throughout Europe.
www: http://www.integaire.org
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OSCAR
Coordinator:
Professor
Ranjeet S Sokhi, University
of Hertfordshire, UK
Title:
Optimised Expert System for Conducting Environmental Assessment
of Urban Road Traffic.
Aim: To develop an optimised Expert System to assess
the environmental impact of road traffic in terms of traffic flows,
emissions and air pollution integrated with the capability of identifying
suitable impact reduction options.
www: http://www.eu-oscar.org
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SAPPHIRE
Coordinator:
Dr Stuart
Harrad, University
of Birmingham, UK
Title:
Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulate Matter and Polycyclic
Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Regions of Europe (SAPPHIRE)
Aim: To develop and validate a readily transferable
common pan-European methodological approach to source apportionment
of atmospheric PM and PAH that will be utilised by city authorities.
www: http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/research/sapphire/
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URBAN AEROSOL
Coordinator: Professor
Mihalis Lazaridis, Technical
University of Crete, Greece
Title:
Characterisation of Urban Air Quality Indoor/Outdoor Particulate
Matter Chemical Characteristics and Source-to-Inhaled Dose Relationships.
Aim:
To characterize particulate matter associated with human exposure
in residential European urban areas and to develop exposure assessment
databases and modelling tools for policy makers.
www:
http://www.nilu.no/projects/urban-aerosol/
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Urban Exposure
Coordinator:
Dr Trond Bøhler, Norwegian
Institute for Air Research (NILU), Norway
Title:
Integrated Exposure Management Tool Characterizing Air Pollution-Relevant
Human Exposure In Urban Environment.
Aim:
To characterise human exposure from air-pollution compounds and
to develop an integrated exposure management tool.
www:
http://www.nilu.no/urban_exposure/
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ISHTAR
Coordinator:
Professor
Emanuele Negrenti, ENEA,
Italy
Title:
Integrated Software for Health, Transport efficiency and Artistic
heritage Recovery
Aim:
The aim of the ISHTAR Project is to build an advanced software suite
for the analysis of the effects of short term actions and long term
policies to improve the quality of the environment, citizens health
and conservation of monuments.
www:
http://www.ishtar-fp5-eu.com
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ATREUS
Coordinator:
Professor Agis
Papadopoulos, Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Title:
Advanced Tools for Rational Energy Use towards Sustainability
www: http://aix.meng.auth.gr/atreus/index.htm
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BOND
Coordinator:
Professor
John Bartzis, National
Centre for Scientific Research
‘Demokritos’, Greece
Title: Biogenic
Aerosols And Air Quality In The Mediterranean Area
Aim:
The project aspires to understand and quantify the relative contribution
of biogenic and anthropogenic components to the observed aerosol
concentration levels in the Mediterranean environment and to develop
and validate a 3-D aerosol/photochemical/radiative modelling tool
to assess in detail the biogenic contribution to aerosols and the
potential regional climatic importance of SOA forcing mechanism
and the change imposed on the energy balance.
www:
http://milos.ipta.demokritos.gr/bond/
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NEPAP
Coordinator:
Peringe
Grennfelt, Swedish
Environmental Research Institute (IVL), Sweden
Title: Network
for the support of European Policies on Air Pollution
Aim:
NEPAP will establish a new method of interaction between science
and policy within the EU.
www:
http://nepap.ivl.se/
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MERLIN
Coordinator:
Dr.-Ing.
Rainer Friedrich, University
of Stuttgart, Germany
Title:
Multi-pollutant, Multi-Effect Assessment of European Air Pollution
Control Strategies: an Integrated Approach
Aim:
The aim of this project is the development of a computer-based model
system to determine the bundle of measures for air pollution control
and greenhouse gas emission reduction, that is capable of achieving
compliance with air quality limit and target values (for emission,
concentrations and deposition) for specific pollutants as well as
for greenhouse gases at least-costs.
www:
http://www.merlin-project.info
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AIR4EU
Coordinator:
Dr. Peter
Builtjes, TNO,
The Nederlands
Title:
Air quality assessment for Europe: from local to continental scale
Aim:
To provide recommendations on integrated AQ assessment for different
temporal (hourly to annual) and spatial scales (Hotspot/street to
continental) in support of the CAFE programme.
www:
http://www.Air4EU.nl/
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