The dataset is used to produce maps of issues exposed to flooding at an appropriate scale, as part of implementing the European Floods Directive 2007/60/EC. It was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated on March 29, 2019.
Use Cases
- Mapping flood exposure for cultural heritage sites based on the directive's requirements mentioned in the description.
- Supporting the homogenization and objectification of flood knowledge for risk management plan development, as described.
- Analyzing the spatial intersection of flood hazards and economic or environmental assets referenced in the description.
Strengths
- Directly supports a legal framework, the European Floods Directive 2007/60/EC.
- Produced by a geological and mining research bureau (BRGM), suggesting authoritative sourcing.
- Specific geographic focus on the Aquitaine region and the sorting of Périgueux.
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 and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Collection Method
- Likely produced for flood risk mapping in the context of the European Floods Directive.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00
- Geography
- Aquitaine region, France, specifically the sorting of Périgueux.