Saint-Brès Commune Clay Risk Prevention Plan (Gers, France)

A French commune's risk prevention plan for clay-related ground movement hazards, standardized under the COVADIS framework. The data is managed by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and was last updated in October 2020. It implements the legal framework of the 1987 law on civil security and major risk prevention.

Use Cases

• Map areas susceptible to clay-related ground movement based on geological risk zones.
• Inform land-use planning and construction regulations based on risk prevention plan specifications.
• Analyze spatial data for civil security and major risk prevention strategies.
• Integrate standardized geographical data into regional or national risk assessment systems.

Strengths

• Based on the standardized COVADIS data specification for risk prevention plans.
• Managed by a national geological research organization (BRGM).
• Implements a specific legal framework (Law of 22 July 1987).

Limitations

• Last updated 2020-10-15 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Digital storage of geographical data for risk prevention plans.

Freshness

Last updated 2020-10-15.

Geography

Commune of Saint-Brès, Gers department, France.