Flood Hazard and Risk Maps for Bordeaux, France (EU Flood Directive)

Approved on 03 December 2014, these geospatial maps detail flood hazards and risks for the Bordeaux region in Aquitaine, France. The data was produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières to meet the requirements of European Flood Directive 2007/60/EC. It serves to homogenize knowledge of flood exposure and inform flood risk management plans for territories with significant flood risk.

Use Cases

• Modeling flood exposure for urban planning based on the described hazard and risk maps.
• Informing flood risk management plan (WRM) objectives based on the standardized geographical data.
• Developing local flood prevention strategies for Territories with Significant Flood Risk (TRI) as referenced in the description.

Strengths

• Data production follows a defined geostandard for the EU Flood Directive, aiming for homogenized outputs.
• Maps were formally approved by a Prefectural Order (No 2014337-0002) on a specific date (03 December 2014).
• Designed for integration into a common national GIS, suggesting a structured data model.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-03-29; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and specific file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Produced for the GIS Flood Directive of Bordeaux flood risk to meet European Directive 2007/60/EC requirements.

Time Range

Data approved in 2014.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00

Geography

Aquitaine region, specifically the sort of Bordeaux (Bordeaux area), France.