The COVADIS data standard for risk prevention plans includes technical specifications for storing geographical data for Risk Prevention Plans (RPPs). The PPR tool is part of the French Law of 22 July 1987 on civil security and major risk prevention. The dataset was last updated on 2020-10-16 by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières.
Use Cases
- Mapping natural hazard zones based on the geographical data specifications.
- Analyzing land-use restrictions for development in high-risk areas.
- Supporting civil security planning and forest fire prevention efforts.
- Integrating standardized risk data into regional planning systems.
Strengths
- Based on the established COVADIS data standard for risk prevention plans.
- Developed under the authority of the French State as mandated by law.
- Managed by the geological and mining research bureau (BRGM).
Limitations
- Last updated 2020-10-16; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Collection Method
- Digital storage of geographical data represented in risk prevention plans.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2020-10-16 00:00:00
- Geography
- Lasséran, France (implied by dataset title)