Building-Level Climate Adaptation Maps for Zuid-Holland Province (2022)

Every building in the Province of Zuid-Holland is mapped for climate risks. These base maps contain information on flooding vulnerability, heat stress, and biodiversity. The data is produced by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations to feed citizen portals for climate adaptation.

Use Cases

• Assess building vulnerability to flooding based on extreme precipitation data
• Analyze urban heat stress patterns at the building level
• Evaluate biodiversity and green infrastructure around buildings
• Inform climate adaptation strategies for municipalities

Strengths

• Data covers every building in the Province of Zuid-Holland, providing a complete spatial inventory
• Integrates three distinct climate adaptation themes from authoritative sources like the Climate Atlas and Natural Capital Atlas
• Released under the CC-PDM-1.0 license, allowing for public domain use

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Aggregated from external sources: Heat stress map, vulnerability map for extreme precipitation, and Atlas of Natural Capital.

Time Range

2022

Freshness

Last updated is unknown.

Geography

Province of Zuid-Holland, Netherlands