Flood defences built to protect against river and sea flooding in Wales. The dataset includes a risk classification recognized in the Flood Risk Assessment Wales (FRAW) map. Data is provided by the Government Digital Service and will be gradually updated with new defences and their protected areas.
Use Cases
- Map flood defence locations based on the geospatial data.
- Assess flood protection levels based on the described risk classification.
- Model areas benefiting from defences based on the described linkage to protected zones.
- Analyse the potential for defence overtopping or failure based on the described extreme weather caveats.
Strengths
- Includes a recognized risk classification from the Flood Risk Assessment Wales (FRAW) map.
- Covers defences for both river and sea flooding.
- Managed by a government organization (Government Digital Service).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Government Digital Service
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- unknown
- Geography
- Wales