POP-2: Provincial Groundwater and Nature Function Zones for Drenthe, 2004

A 2004 map delineating areas with natural and supportive groundwater functions in the Dutch province of Drenthe. The Provincial Environment Plan Drenthe II (POPII) was adopted by the Provincial Staten van Drenthe on 7 July 2004. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a public domain license.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical groundwater protection zones based on the delineated natural and supportive function areas.
• Study the integration of nature conservation and hydrological planning based on the 750-meter buffer zones mentioned.
• Map historical provincial environmental policy implementation based on the adopted plan boundaries.

Strengths

• Specific adoption date (7 July 2004) provides clear temporal context.
• Defined spatial concept of a 750-meter buffer zone for supportive functions.
• Authoritative source from a national ministry (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Adopted as part of the Provincial Environment Plan Drenthe II (POPII).

Time Range

2004

Freshness

Last updated is unknown.

Geography

Province of Drenthe, Netherlands