PPR Noguères: Natural Hazard Prevention Plan for Noguères Municipality

A Plan for the Prevention of Natural Hazards (PPR) for the municipality of Noguères in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of France. The dataset follows the COVADIS standard for storing spatial data from risk prevention plans, which include regulatory zoning, hazard mapping, and identified issues. The plan was established under French law and is managed by the state, with data provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières.

Use Cases

• Mapping regulatory zones for land-use restrictions based on hazard levels.
• Analyzing spatial distribution of natural hazards like floods and landslides.
• Integrating hazard and issue maps for multi-risk assessment.
• Standardizing storage of PPR data across different government ministries.

Strengths

• Data conforms to a national COVADIS standard for risk prevention plans.
• Covers eight main natural risks and four technological risks as defined by French law.
• Includes three categories of information: regulatory zoning, hazard documents, and issue maps.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2020-06-18 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

Collection Method

Developed by the French State under the Act of 2 February 1995.

Freshness

2020-06-18 00:00:00

Geography

Municipality of Noguères (64418), Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, France