PPRi de la Loire val d'Orléans: Origins of Flood Risk Entities

France's Loire Valley, specifically the Orléans upstream area, is the geographic scope of this dataset. It characterizes the real-world entities that represent a potential flood risk, such as rivers or geologically unstable areas. The dataset was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated on September 15, 2021.

Use Cases

• Mapping flood hazard sources based on the described geographical objects locating risk entities.
• Defining risk exposure areas for regulatory plans based on the described knowledge of hazardous phenomena.
• Integrating risk origin data with other geospatial layers for comprehensive flood risk assessment.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a national geological research organization (Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières).
• Last update date is explicitly provided (2021-09-15).
• The description provides a clear conceptual model for risk origin characterization.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2021-09-15; freshness should be verified for current applications.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Freshness

Last updated 2021-09-15 00:00:00

Geography

Loire Valley, France (Orléans upstream area)