Primary Flood Defence Construction Zones in Groningen, Netherlands

Groningen Province in the Netherlands defines a 70-meter building zone for primary flood defences under its Environmental Ordinance. This stock contains the spatial delineation of that zone, which forms part of a larger flood defence area. The data is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.

Use Cases

• Assess land-use compliance for construction near flood defences based on the defined 70-meter building zone.
• Model flood risk and defence planning by integrating the building zone with other spatial layers.
• Visualize regulatory boundaries for public consultation or environmental impact assessments.
• Enforce zoning regulations by verifying proposed developments against the official flood defence zone.

Strengths

• Defines a specific, legally mandated 70-meter building zone for flood defences.
• Originates from an official provincial ordinance, providing regulatory authority.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (JPEG, WFS, WMS) for different use cases.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely digitized from the Environmental Ordinance of the Province of Groningen.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Province of Groningen, Netherlands