Flood Defence Zones for Primary Defences in Groningen Province

Flood defence zones as defined by the Environmental Ordinance of the Province of Groningen. The data likely contains delineations for protection zones, building zones, and profiles of free space. It is provided by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties under a CC-PDM-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping flood protection zones based on the defined protection zone boundaries.
• Assessing land-use compliance for construction based on the building zone regulations.
• Analyzing spatial constraints for infrastructure based on the profile of free space.
• Integrating regulatory boundaries into flood risk management models.

Strengths

• Data is derived from a formal provincial ordinance, providing a legal basis for the zones.
• Covers multiple zone types (protection, building, free space) for a comprehensive regulatory view.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial resolution are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely digitized from the legal definitions in the Environmental Ordinance of the Province of Groningen.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Province of Groningen, Netherlands