Provincial Environmental Ordinance 2018: Existing Urban Area Map for Drenthe

Provincial Environmental Ordinance Drenthe 2018 map layer defines the existing urban area for the province. The dataset is a geospatial map layer adopted on 3 October 2018 and originates from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0.

Use Cases

• Analyze urban development boundaries based on the defined 'existing urban area' map.
• Assess land-use compliance for environmental regulations based on the ordinance's spatial data.
• Integrate official urban area definitions into regional planning and zoning models.

Strengths

• Data originates from an authoritative government source, the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations.
• Has a clear adoption date of 3 October 2018, providing a specific temporal reference.
• Released under a permissive public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely created as part of a formal provincial environmental ordinance and associated map.

Time Range

Adopted on 3 October 2018.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Covers the Dutch province of Drenthe.