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- 1993-2005 (Creation)
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1 box or 0.01 cubic metres
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Name of creator
Biographical history
The Environmental Research Group (ERG) is part of the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences at King's College London and is a leading provider of air quality information and research in the UK. In 1993, ERG created the London Air Quality Network (LAQN) in conjunction with the London Boroughs and Regional Health Authorities - this was the UK's first regional monitoring network. LAQN compiles information about air quality in and around Greater London. Measurements are collected either hourly or twice daily from continuous monitoring sites, processed and checked then placed on the LAQN website with an hourly update, which shows the latest pollution levels across the capital.
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GB 0100 KCLCA S KSBHS/ERG 1993-2005 Collection (fonds) 1 box or 0.01 cubic metres Environmental Research Group
The Environmental Research Group (ERG) is part of the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences at King's College London and is a leading provider of air quality information and research in the UK. In 1993, ERG created the London Air Quality Network (LAQN) in conjunction with the London Boroughs and Regional Health Authorities - this was the UK's first regional monitoring network. LAQN compiles information about air quality in and around Greater London. Measurements are collected either hourly or twice daily from continuous monitoring sites, processed and checked then placed on the LAQN website with an hourly update, which shows the latest pollution levels across the capital.
Received from the Environmental Research Group, Mar 2007
Collection comprises data gathered by the Environmental Research Group, 1993-2005, on air quality in the following regions and counties: Greater London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Sussex and Kent. Also, annual reports of the London Air Quality Network, Air Quality in London, (South East Institute of Public Health), Feb 1944-2005.
Arranged in chronological order.
Open. Visitors are required to provide proof of ID and sign an undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London.
English
All data is held in electronic format. Annual reports in hard copy.
No additional finding aids.
Further information on ERG is available from www.erg.kcl.ac.uk. For hourly updates on pollution levels across London using ERG data, see www.londonair.org.uk.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery. Sources: www.erg.kcl.ac.uk.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Jan 2008 Air pollution Bedfordshire England Environmental degradation Environmental health Environmental Research Group , School of Biomedical and Health Sciences , King's College London Environmental sciences Europe Greater London Health Health policy Hertfordshire Kent Pollution Sussex UK Western Europe London
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Received from the Environmental Research Group, Mar 2007
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection comprises data gathered by the Environmental Research Group, 1993-2005, on air quality in the following regions and counties: Greater London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Sussex and Kent. Also, annual reports of the London Air Quality Network, Air Quality in London, (South East Institute of Public Health), Feb 1944-2005.
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Arranged in chronological order.
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Conditions governing access
Open. Visitors are required to provide proof of ID and sign an undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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No additional finding aids.
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Publication note
Further information on ERG is available from www.erg.kcl.ac.uk. For hourly updates on pollution levels across London using ERG data, see www.londonair.org.uk.
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Note
Further information on ERG is available from www.erg.kcl.ac.uk. For hourly updates on pollution levels across London using ERG data, see www.londonair.org.uk.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English