Flood Risk Territory Objects for Bordeaux, Aquitaine

A table describing the right-of-way and characteristics of flood risk territories produced for the European Flood Directive. The dataset is used to produce flood surface and flood risk maps for three probability levels (high, medium, low). It was produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated on March 29, 2019.

Use Cases

• Generate flood hazard maps based on the described flood risk territory characteristics.
• Assess territorial vulnerability for high, medium, and low probability flooding scenarios.
• Develop Flood Risk Management Plans (PGRIs) using homogenized and objectified flood exposure knowledge.
• Quantify flood exposure for economic activity, human health, and cultural heritage as required by EU Directive 2007/60/EC.

Strengths

• Produced for a specific legal reporting framework (EU Flood Directive 2007/60/EC).
• Designed to homogenize and objectify knowledge of flood exposure.
• Intended for mapping at an appropriate scale for flood risk management.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Collection Method

Produced for reporting purposes under the European Flood Directive.

Freshness

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

Geography

Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France