VERDUN: Floodable Surface Maps for High-Risk Territories (TRI)

A spatial dataset produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières for reporting under the European Floods Directive. It is used to produce flood surface and flood risk maps representing hazards and exposed issues for three probability levels (high, medium, low). The dataset was last updated on April 1, 2019.

Use Cases

• Producing flood hazard maps based on the three defined probability levels (high, medium, low).
• Creating flood risk maps to identify exposed human health, environmental, cultural, and economic issues.
• Quantifying territorial vulnerability to flooding for risk assessment and prevention strategy development.
• Homogenizing and objectifying knowledge of flood exposure across different territories for standardized reporting.

Strengths

• Dataset is produced for a specific legal reporting framework (EU Floods Directive 2007/60/EC).
• Maps are created for three distinct flood probability levels, allowing for nuanced risk analysis.
• The data is intended to provide quantitative evidence for vulnerability assessments.

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 specific file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Produced for mapping and reporting under the European Floods Directive and French national laws (LENE).

Freshness

Last updated 2019-04-01 00:00:00

Geography

High Flood Risk Territories (TRI) in France, as defined for EU reporting.