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	State of the Environment in Riga 2001

Environmental Indicators in this Report

Air

Figure 2 Tropospheric ozone concentrations (µg/m³) in the streets of
Riga from 1994 to 1999
Figure 3 Air pollution from stationary sources (tons/year) in Riga

Figure 4 Average monthly temperatures of atmosphere in Riga and related
sulphur dioxide pollution in a year (averaging from 1992 to 2000)

Figure 5 Traffic flow and related pollution on 13 Janvara street in Riga
(typical working day in the spring, 1998)

Figure 6 NO₂ pollution on different streets of Riga on a typical working day

Figure 7 Typical relation between diurnal ozone and nitrogen dioxide
concentrations on 13 Janvara street in summer (working day)

Figure 8 Mean diurnal ozone concentrations in Riga during spring
and summer seasons

Figure 9 Air pollution on different streets of Riga (2001)

Table 1 Mean and maximum (in parenthesis) values of air pollution in Riga,
measured by DOAS stations

Biodiversity

Table 2 The list of endangered and protected bird species found in Riga

Table 3 The list of endangered and protected plants species found in Riga

Table 4 The list of endangered and protected species of amphibians found in Riga

Crime and Accidents

Figure 58 Offenders by age group

Table 26 Number of recorded crimes

Table 27 Number of offenders

City economy

Figure 37 Budget of the City of Riga in 2001 (thsd. Lats)

Figure 55 Foreign investments in Riga, 1995- 2000 (mln. Lats)

Figure 56 Stay of international visitors in hotels and other
accommodation establishments by country of residence

Figure 60 Dynamics of the main financial Indicators of the
banking system of Latvia (million Lats)

Figure 61 Average monthly household income per one member of
household in Riga, 1999-2000 (Lats)

Figure 62 Average gross salary (Lats) of employed persons in Riga
and Latvia, 1997-2000

Figure 63 Average monthly old age pension in Riga (Lats)

Table 21 Hotels and other accommodation establishments
(at the end of the year)

Table 22 Retail trade and public catering network ( at the end of the year)

Table 23 Basic macroeconomic indicators of Latvia

Table 28 Real estate market in Riga, 2000

Table 29 Foreign direct investment by sectors of national economy (thsd. Lats)

Table 30 Characteristics of resident travellers

Table 31 Household expenditure in Riga, 1998-1999 (%)

Cultural and historical heritage

Figure 15 Number of cultural institutions

Figure 51 Museum and theatre attendance

Figure 59 Protected heritage sites (%)

Education

Figure 21
Vocational schools: enrolment, new enroleesand graduates

Figure 22
Higher education institutions: enrolment, new enrolees
and graduates

Figure 64 Enrolment in higher education institutions of Riga by fields of study (%)

Table 7 Preschool establishments (at the beginning of the school year)

Table 8
General schools (at the beginning of the school year,
excluding special schools)

Employment

Figure 23 Non-working persons registered in Riga (as % of total population)

Figure 24 Employed persons (annual average) by kind of activity

Figure 25 Unemployed persons by nationality

Figure 26 Unemployed persons by sex and age

Figure 27 Unemployed persons by education qualification

Figure 28 Unemployed persons by occupation (at the end of year 2000 )

Table 9 Economically active population, annual average

Table 10 Personal money income

Energy resources: consumption and impacts NEW

Figure 71 Sources of CO₂ emissions in Riga

Figure 72 Consumption of fuel in Riga in 2001 (% out of the total amount)

Figure 73
Fuel consumption in stationary sources in Riga , %

Figure 74 Fuel consumption in households in Riga,%

Figure 75 Heat transmitted to the grid and supplied to clients by JSC "Rigas Siltums" , thousand MWh

Figure 76 Electricity generation in co-generation stations TEC-1 and TEC-2 1991-2001 , thousand MWh

Figure 77 Consumption of fuel by private motor vehicles in Riga

Figure 78 Consumption of transport fuel by Riga municipal enterprises

Figure 79 NO_x emissions by source in 200, %

Table 33 Greenhouse gas (CO₂, CH₄, N₂ O) emissions in Riga, thousand CO₂ - equivalent tons

Table 34 CO₂ emissions in Riga, thousand tons

Table 35 SO₂ emissions in Riga, tons

Table 36 NO_x emissions in Riga, tons

Table 37 Consumption of energy and emissions by households in Riga

Table 38 Consumption of fuel resources in Riga, TJ

Table 39 Fuel consumption in stationary sources in Riga, TJ

Table 40 Fuel consumption in household in Riga, TJ

Table 41 Fuel consumption in small objects in the entrepreneurial sector in Riga, TJ

Table 42 Indices of electricity consumption in manufacturing industrial enterprises in Riga

Green areas

Figure 67 Area (ha) of parks, gardens and squares managed by the city

Figure 66 Increase of the territories of nature protected areas (ha)

Health

Figure 40 Reported cases of notifiable infectious and parasitic diseases

Figure 41 Cases of malignant neoplasms

Figure 42 Alcoholism and drug abuse

Figure 43 Abortions and deliveries

Figure 44 New cases of invalidity among the employed population

Figure 70 HIV /AIDS cases in Riga

Table 32 Basic medical care data (1997-2000)

Housing

Figure 14 Completed new residential buildings (total floor space)

Figure 16 Housing stock by ownership (m² - at the end of year; total floor space, thsd. m²)

Figure 17 Residential buildings (at the end of the year)

Figure 18 Number of apartments (at the end of the year)

Figure 19 Housing stock of education institutions, social care centres, homes for the elderly and disabled in 2000

Table 19 Housing stock (at the end of the year; total floor space)

Residents

Figure 45 Number of ethnic Latvians in Latvia and Riga City

Figure 46 Population by age and sex, 2001 (at the end of the year)

Figure 47 Immigration and emigration flow in Riga, 1991 - 2001

Figure 48 Population change in Riga

Figure 49 Population of Riga by nationality, years 1989 and 2002

Figure 50 Births deaths and natural increase in Riga (per 1000 inhabitants)

Table 15 Life expentancy at certain age

Table 16 Population in Riga and Latvia

Transport

Figure 1 Cars registered in Riga per 1000 inhabitants

Figure 52 Use of various modes of passenger transport
in year 2000, (%)

Figure 53 Number of passengers in public transport (million)

Figure 54 Grouping of cars registered in Riga by the time of their release, 01.01.2000

Table 17 The number of traffic units on the 5 streets around
the Old Town on a working day

Table 18 Data on traffic in Riga City (as of 01.01.2001)

Use of land

Figure 20 Distribution of areas in the Riga City (as to year 2000)

Table 6 Distribution of areas in the Riga City (as to year 2000)

Waste management

Figure 10 Calculated amount of waste per capita (m³)

Figure 11
The amount of construction waste (tons)
brought in from the beginning of work byRigas Tilti Ltd.till 2000

Figure 12 Amount of sorted waste (thousand tons) and type of waste in Riga City

Figure 13 Household waste disposal in Getlini landfill

Figure 51 The average percentage of waste content in the 1995 (%)

Table 5
The amount of waste produced in 2000 (tons)

Water

Figure 29 Contamination of the Daugava River with petroleum products,
1997, 1998 and 1999

Figure 30 Samples of water taken in the Gulf of Riga that did not correspond to the criteria for swimming safety by microbiological indicators (%)

Figure 31 Dynamics of the quality water samples taken from the centralized drinking water supply network in Riga, 1992 - 1998

Figure 32 Number of cases when microbiological parameters in communal wells have exceeded the national standarts (%)

Figure 33
The quality of biologically active sludge

Figure 34 Water supply

Figure 35 The concentrations of total nitrogen, total phosphorus
and saprobic index by macrozoobenthos of the Daugava River
at state monitoring points

Figure 36 The comparison of P_tot., BSP₅, NH ₄/N and NO ₂/N mean values of Daugava River estuary with target values of Cyprinidae waters

Figure 38 Mean concentrations of total phosphorus and nitrogen
in Riga water bodies

Figure 39 Water supply (thsd.m ³) of the City of Riga

Figure 65 Dynamic of water abstraction and use within Riga City

Figure 69 Abstracted groundwater amount

Table 11 Quality indicators of drinking water

Table 12 Waste water quality

Table 14
Characteristics of the results of waste water
treatment plant "Daugavgriva"

Riga City Environment Centre "Agenda 21"

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