Combines health and air-quality data to protect human well-being in European cities. Supports construction and real estate planning to design healthier, climate-resilient urban environments.
Challenge
Summer periods in Europe have become synonymous with extreme heat and poor air quality. The combination of both hazards can be particularly deadly.
Solution
The demonstrator makes available and integrates air-quality relevant data (e.g., ozone, fine particles, black carbon, oxidative stress potential of particles, chemical composition from ACTRIS, IAGOS) and administrative health-related data sets, such as hospital data from the EXPANSE health data hub (hosted by the University of Utrecht) and from the ELAPSE project in EIRENE for selected pilot cities of Athens, Barcelona, and Paris.
Outcome
Access to Air Quality and health data through a single access point using an evolution of the EXPANSE health data hub and connecting that to the IRISCC Catalogue of services linking through the EIRENE FAIR DataPortal. Target users are academics, public authorities, relevant sectors (e.g., urban planners, construction, housing, health), and the public.
Reproducibility
The service will be offered for testing through IRISCC virtual access; replicability and upscaling of the services are feasible for other challenges, integrating data from environment and health RIs.
