GB 0100 KCLCA S KSBHS/ERG - Environmental Research Group

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0100 KCLCA S KSBHS/ERG

Title

Environmental Research Group

Date(s)

  • 1993-2005 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 box or 0.01 cubic metres

Context area

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.

Archival history

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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged in chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

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

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

No additional finding aids.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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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.

Notes area

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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Institution identifier

King's College London College Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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