Select from the measures listed below that link human health with environmental
conditions, as appropriate to your local context:
For basic completion, select a measure of local air quality that is appropriate for
your local context, such as PM 2.5 concentration or local asthma rates. For
advanced completion, also include an additional linked measure from the
alternatives listed below or suggest an alternative measure appropriate to your
context.

Basic:
Select 1 measure of air quality.
Advanced:
Select 2 measures, one of which is an
indicator of air quality and one that
measures a different aspect.

Air quality measures could include:
● Childhood asthma rates
● Nitrogen dioxide concentration
● Ambient particulate matter pollution
● Household solid fuels combustion
● Ambient ozone pollution
● PM 2.5 concentration (such as SEEA air emissions accounts)
● The European Green Capital Award section 2.6 Air Quality indicators
● The North American Air Quality Index for PM 2.5.
● Distribution of bioindicators such as lichens or bryophytes
Additional measures that could be selected include:
1. Rates of disorders and diseases linked to exposure to dangerous substances
such as lead poisoning, birth defects, cancer, neurological, endocrinological,
thyroid, obesity, and cardiovascular problems
2. Rates of zoonotic communicable disease outbreaks and/or presence of
resistant bacterial strains
3. Rates of human microbiome diversity-related conditions such as autoimmune
diseases, type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, allergic disorders, eczema,
inflammatory bowel diseases, and Crohn’s disease