The Adriatic in Partnership with the Joint Municipal Administration of Maribor - Environmental Protection Service
Have You Already Seen the Interactive Map of Maribor – Environment and Health?
In 2021, the Joint Environmental Protection Service of the Maribor Joint Municipal Administration, the originator and leader of the project, in cooperation with the National Laboratory for Health, Environment and Food, the Geological Survey of Slovenia and the National Institute of Public Health, have developed an interactive online map called "Maribor - Environment and Health". The map allows citizens to access up-to-date data on the state of the environment in the municipality and its wider surroundings. The map also includes data on the health of the population in the area.
How it Works?
The website is user-friendly and visitors can easily find the information they are interested in on the map. They can access general information about the quality of water, air or soil on a scale ranging from – Good, Borderline, Warning to Bad – at any location on the map, as well as providing the specific values registered on the day of sampling, by simply clicking on the icon for water, air or soil. The user who requires more in-depth information can get an additional explanation of the data by clicking on the “i” mark.
In the future, we plan to upgrade the system with online and mobile user interfaces, to make the information accessible to users of all digital devices. The data and the developed indicators can be easily transferred to other platforms simultaneously, namely – mobile applications, other websites, digital billboards and various other information systems.
We will continue to upgrade the content of the system, which means that we will be able to include other parameters or indicators that relate to the state of the environment, as well as data on the state of health in the municipality. The content upgrade will be dependent on the environmental and health data available and will be on display to the general public.
We Collect Initiatives and Comments From the Public
We also want the participation of the general public in the design of the upgrades. Citizens can send their suggestions and comments to the e-mail address info.okolje@maribor.si, with the note “Maribor – environment and health”.
We will study the received initiatives and comments and meaningfully include them in the map with the aim of bringing it as close as possible to citizens and making its contents as useful, comprehensible, interesting and user-friendly as possible.
We expect that the system will significantly contribute to a higher level of citizens’ awareness of the state of the environment they live in and its impact on health.
The interactive map is available HERE.
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