Protected Area A: Regional Flood Defences in Groningen, Netherlands

Protected area A stock contains the strongest regional flood defences in the province of Groningen, Netherlands, as established by the provincial Environmental Ordinance. The dataset is provided by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC-PDM-1.0 license. The defences are designed to withstand a water level occurring once every 100 years and meet a stability load occurring once every 1000 years.

Use Cases

• Map flood defence infrastructure based on the described geospatial boundaries.
• Conduct risk assessments for land-use planning based on the 1:100 and 1:1000 year protection standards.
• Analyze regional water management policy implementation based on the Environmental Ordinance source.
• Integrate protected area boundaries into environmental GIS systems based on the available WMS/WFS formats.

Strengths

• Defines a legally established protected area under the Environmental Ordinance of Groningen.
• Specifies clear engineering standards for water level (1:100 years) and stability load (1:1000 years).
• Available via standard geospatial service formats (WMS, WFS) for integration.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely derived from regulatory mapping and engineering assessments.

Time Range

null

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Province of Groningen, Netherlands