The COVADIS data standard for risk prevention plans (RPPs) includes technical specifications for the digital storage of geographical data represented in these plans. The PPR tool is part of the Law of 22 July 1987 on civil security and major risk prevention. This dataset, provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, was last updated on 2020-10-15.
Use Cases
- Mapping flood or fire risk zones based on the geographical data specifications.
- Analyzing land-use restrictions for development based on risk prevention plan boundaries.
- Integrating standardized risk data into regional planning systems based on the COVADIS standard.
Strengths
- Data conforms to the official COVADIS standard for French risk prevention plans.
- Dataset is associated with a specific legislative framework (Law of 22 July 1987).
- Provided by a recognized geological and mining research organization (BRGM).
Limitations
- Last updated 2020-10-15; freshness should be verified.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Collection Method
- Likely digitized and standardized according to the COVADIS specifications for risk prevention plans.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2020-10-15 00:00:00
- Geography
- Sémézies-Cachan, France (implied by dataset title).