INSPIRE Geoportal
Environmental noise agglomeration
This layer shows the agglomeration defined for Malta according to the requirements of Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. This is the area for which strategic noise maps are produced.
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- Date (Publication)
- 2023-05-24
- Date (Revision)
- 2024-08-13
- Date (Creation)
- 2023-05-24
- Citation identifier
- haleconnect.com/16fbbcfc-b4f1-428a-90b4-e8f23d723d21
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environment and Resources Authority
Environment and Resources Authority
Point of contact
- Access constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- no limitations to public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Unique resource identifier
- ETRS89
- Distribution format
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Name Version onLine
1.0
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.5fc00108-de1e-4915-a836-d6cca6483999_wfs?SERVICE=WFS&Request=GetCapabilities
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name https://haleconnect.com/ows/services/org.1261.5fc00108-de1e-4915-a836-d6cca6483999_wms?SERVICE=WMS&Request=GetCapabilities
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Other
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dataset
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- INSPIRE Data Specification on Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units - Technical Guidelines
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Area Management/Restriction/Regulation Zones and Reporting Units - Technical Guidelines
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-12-10
- Explanation
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See the referenced specification
- Pass
- Yes
Domain consistency
- Measure identification
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Conformance result
- Statement
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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 agglomeration and is assumed to have a population of greater than 250,000 inhabitants as per the requirements of Directive 2002/49/EC. MEPA believes that this method is acceptable and in line with the actual situation.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 18ec66f4-eb39-4bca-be25-6555e9dfc650 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Hierarchy level name
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Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-08-13
- Metadata standard name
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ISO 19115
- Metadata standard version
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2003
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environment and Resources Authority
Environment and Resources Authority
Point of contact
