The Urban Planning Code defines four types of regulated areas: urban (U), to be urbanised (AU), agricultural (A), and natural/forest (N). These zones are demarcated on graphic documents with attached regulations, as managed by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières. The dataset was last updated on March 28, 2019.
Use Cases
- Analyze land-use patterns based on the four defined zoning categories (U, AU, A, N)
- Model urban expansion scenarios based on 'constructible' and 'inconstructible' AU zones
- Assess agricultural land protection based on zones classified as A due to agronomic potential
- Evaluate natural habitat and landscape conservation based on N zone classifications and subcategories
Strengths
- The dataset is structured around a legally defined framework (Urban Planning Code, Articles R.123-5 to 9)
- It includes detailed subcategories for natural zones (N), such as perimeters for building rights transfer
- The source organization is a recognized geological and mining research bureau
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
- Last updated 2019-03-28 00:00:00; freshness should be verified
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
Provenance
- Source
- Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-03-28 00:00:00
- Geography
- Estissac