Plan to Prevent Shrink-Swell Clay Risk in Lahas, Gers, France

The COVADIS data standard for risk prevention plans includes technical specifications for storing geographical data from risk prevention plans (RPPs). The PPR tool is part of the 1987 law on civil security and major risk prevention. The dataset was last updated by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières on 2020-10-05.

Use Cases

• Assess geological risk for construction planning based on shrink-swell clay hazard maps.
• Support civil security and major risk prevention planning as mandated by the 1987 law.
• Digitally store and manage geographical data for municipal risk prevention plans (RPPs).

Strengths

• Based on the COVADIS data standard, which provides technical specifications for digital storage.
• Tied to a specific legal framework (1987 law on civil security and major risk prevention).
• Created by a geological research organization (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2020-10-05; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Likely created as part of the development of a Risk Prevention Plan (RPP) mandated by the French State.

Freshness

Last updated 2020-10-05.

Geography

Municipality of Lahas, Gers department, France.