Surface issues are people, property, activities, and heritage elements threatened by coastal hazards in the Bay of Bourgneuf, Vendée, France. The dataset was created by the French Geological Survey (BRGM) and last updated in April 2019. It is part of a Plan for the Prevention of Predictable Natural Risks (PPRL) for the coastal zone.
Use Cases
- Map vulnerable assets based on the described surface issues of people, property, and activities.
- Assess exposure to coastal hazards for land-use and emergency planning.
- Model potential damage to cultural and environmental heritage elements threatened by natural risks.
Strengths
- Produced by a national geological survey organization (BRGM), suggesting authoritative sourcing.
- Last update date (2019-04-02) is explicitly provided for recency assessment.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Freshness should be verified as the data is from 2019.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES (BRGM)
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-04-02 00:00:00
- Geography
- Bay of Bourgneuf, Vendée, France