Flood Risk Regulation Zones for St-Vaise en Charente-Maritime

Regulated area of the PPRN flooding by overflow of the Charente River of the commune of St-Vaise en Charente-Maritime. The dataset, provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, defines zones subject to construction prohibitions or requirements based on flood hazard levels as per the French Environmental Code. It was last updated on September 17, 2021.

Use Cases

• Mapping flood hazard zones for development planning based on the described 'red', 'blue', and other regulated areas.
• Analyzing land-use restrictions based on the described categories of 'building prohibited areas' and 'prescribed areas'.
• Assessing regulatory compliance for construction projects based on the enforceable settlement rules mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Dataset is explicitly tied to legal definitions from the French Environmental Code (Article L562-1).
• Provides a structured classification of risk zones ('red', 'blue') as described in the regulatory framework.
• Sourced from a recognized geological and mining research organization (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières).

Limitations

• Last updated 2021-09-17 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

Freshness

Last updated 2021-09-17 00:00:00

Geography

Commune of St-Vaise en Charente-Maritime, France