A geospatial data standard for storing geographical information from French Risk Prevention Plans (RPPs). The standard was developed by COVADIS for the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and covers eight natural hazards and four technological risks. The dataset was last updated on October 2, 2020.
Use Cases
- Mapping regulatory zones for land-use restrictions based on hazard levels described in the standard.
- Analyzing spatial overlap of multiple natural hazards like floods, earthquakes, and forest fires.
- Integrating hazard intensity maps for multi-risk assessment in urban planning.
- Standardizing the storage and exchange of risk plan data between ministries responsible for agriculture and ecology.
Strengths
- Covers 12 distinct risk categories, including eight natural and four technological hazards.
- Standardizes data for plans established under specific French laws from 1987 and 1995.
- Designed for homogeneous storage across multiple government professions.
Limitations
- Last updated 2020-10-02 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
- Collection Method
- Developed as a technical standard for digital storage of geographical data from Risk Prevention Plans.
- Freshness
- 2020-10-02 00:00:00
- Geography
- National territory of France