New-Aquitaine Basque Coast Flood Risk Maps for European Flood Directive Reporting

Flood risk maps produced for the New-Aquitaine region's Basque Coast were created for reporting under the European Flood Directive (2007/60/EC). The dataset is used to produce flood surface maps and flood risk maps representing flood hazards and exposed issues on an appropriate scale. It was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and last updated on March 29, 2019.

Use Cases

• Assess territorial vulnerability based on three levels of flood probability (high, medium, low) mentioned in the description.
• Develop flood risk management plans (PGRIs) using homogenized and objectified knowledge of flood exposure.
• Generate quantitative evidence for flood prevention strategies as required by European Directive 2007/60/EC.
• Map flood hazards and exposed issues on an appropriate scale for the Basque Coast area.

Strengths

• Maps are produced for a specific legal framework (European Flood Directive 2007/60/EC).
• Dataset is designed to provide quantitative evidence for three distinct probability levels of flooding.
• Produced by a recognized geological and mining research bureau (BRGM).

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 spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Produced for reporting purposes for the European Flood Directive.

Freshness

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

Geography

New-Aquitaine region, Basque Coast