Air Quality Along Roads in the Netherlands for 2017

Monitoring Round 2018 data from the Dutch National Air Quality Cooperation Programme, which has been in force since 2009. The dataset contains calculated concentrations for 2017 from the Monitoring Tool edition 2018, used to track compliance with European limit values. The programme is managed by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties.

Use Cases

• Modeling population exposure to traffic-related pollutants based on road-side concentration data.
• Assessing compliance with European air quality limit values for specific locations.
• Analyzing the spatial impact of development projects on air quality as mentioned in the programme description.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of air quality measures implemented under the National Air Quality Cooperation Programme.

Strengths

• Data is produced under a formal national programme (NSL) that has been active since 2009.
• Calculations are performed with a standardized tool (the Monitoring Tool), suggesting methodological consistency.
• The dataset is licensed for open use under CC-PDM-1.0.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Calculations performed with the Monitoring Tool as part of the annual NSL monitoring programme.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Data reflects the year 2017, processed in the 2018 monitoring round.

Geography

Netherlands