European Directive 2007/60/EC mandates flood risk management plans to reduce impacts on health, environment, heritage, and economic activity. This dataset from the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières provides homogeneous zones describing economic activity types to map flood exposure issues. It was last updated on April 1, 2019.
Use Cases
- Create flood exposure maps based on economic activity zones mentioned in the description.
- Assess potential economic impacts of flooding using the described homogeneous zone data.
- Support the development of flood risk management plans (WRMs) as required by EU Directive 2007/60/EC.
- Homogenize and objectify knowledge of flood exposure for regional planning.
Strengths
- Produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, a geological and mining research organization.
- Designed to support legally mandated flood risk management plans under EU Directive 2007/60/EC.
Limitations
- Last updated 2019-04-01 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
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-04-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- Epinal, France (implied)