Maltese Agglomeration, Maltese Zone and PAHs Zone

According to the requirements of Directives 2008/50/EC and 2004/107/EC with respect to the minimum number of sampling points and the assessment regimes, the data set consists of two zones in the Maltese territory, the Air Monitoring Agglomeration and the Air Quality Monitoring Zone in which all main pollutants are being monitored. A third zone covering the monitoring of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) is also included in the data set.
 
Citation proposal
. Maltese Agglomeration, Maltese Zone and PAHs Zone. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/9e4a6fdc-c430-4cd5-bbc1-f82f11ffd400

Simple

Date ( Revision )
2022-01-28
Date ( Creation )
2016-11-16
Identifier
https://era.org.mt/ / Maltese_Agglomeration_Maltese_Zone_and_PAHs_Zone

  Owner

  Resource provider

INSPIRE - Feature Concept Dictionary, version 3
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
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)
Spatial scope ( Theme )
  • National
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Planning cadastre
N
S
E
W


Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Distribution format
  • INSPIRE Complaint GML (unknown )

OnLine resource
Harmonised WFS Maltese Agglomeration Maltese Zone and PAHs Zone  
OnLine resource
AM.MalteseAgglomerationMalteseZoneandPAHsZone  
OnLine resource
Harmonised Data View Service  

Harmonised Data View Service

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
true
Statement

For ZON-MT0001: The delineation of the agglomeration has been carried out through a study by Stacey and Bush, 2002. In order to delineate the extent of the agglomeration within Malta, the main urban areas and archipelago coastline was assessed within a Geographical Information System. A 100m buffer zone was applied to all urban areas, hence urban areas separated by less than 200m can be highlighted as part of the same continuous urban area. After completion of this analysis, it was identified that the most significant continuous urban area in Malta was comprised of Valletta, Sliema districts and some surrounding environs. This urban area has been identified as the Maltese agglomeration and is assumed to have a population of greater than 250,000 inhabitants as per the requirements of Directive 2008/50/EC. ERA believes that this method is acceptable and in line with the actual situation.

For ZON-MT0002: The delineation of the zone has been carried out through a study by Stacey and Bush, 2002. The Maltese zone comprises of all the other territories and urban areas outside of the agglomeration as per the requirements of Directive 2008/50/EC.

For ZON-MT0003: This zone covers the entire Maltese territory, in which the monitoring of PAHs is carried out according to a standard method defined in the Directive. The analysis of PAHs is carried out in an accredited laboratory.

Metadata

File identifier
9e4a6fdc-c430-4cd5-bbc1-f82f11ffd400   XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
MD_CharacterSetCode_utf8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2022-05-25T14:44:01
Metadata standard name
ISO19115
Metadata standard version
2003/Cor.1:2006

  Point of contact

 
 

  Overviews


Provided by

Access to the portal

Associated resources

Not available