Natural Hazard Prevention Plan for Juvigny-Foron, Approved 2011

The dataset contains geospatial data from a Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) approved on 29/07/2011 for the commune of Juvigny-Foron in Haute-Savoie, France. It is stored according to the COVADIS data standard, which covers eight main natural risks and four technological risks. The data is provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and was last updated on the platform in 2019.

Use Cases

• Mapping regulatory zones for land-use restrictions based on hazard levels.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of multiple natural hazards (floods, earthquakes, avalanches) for a specific area.
• Integrating hazard and issue maps for multi-risk assessment and planning.
• Standardizing storage and exchange of PPR geographical data across government ministries.

Strengths

• Based on a standardized national data model (COVADIS) for risk prevention plans.
• Covers a defined set of eight natural and four technological risks.
• Includes regulatory zoning, hazard mapping, and identified issues as described in the PPR framework.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Collection Method

Developed as a state-mandated Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) under French law.

Time Range

Plan approved on 29/07/2011.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00

Geography

Juvigny - Foron, Haute-Savoie, France.