Flood Risk Prevention Plan for the Baracci Watershed, Corsica

The Baracci watershed in Corsica is covered by a Flood Risk Prevention Plan (PPR), a regulatory instrument established under French law. The dataset conforms to the national COVADIS standard for storing geographical data from risk prevention plans, which cover natural and technological hazards. It was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated in July 2021.

Use Cases

• Delineating regulated hazard zones based on the plan's regulatory mapping.
• Modeling flood exposure levels using the hazard intensity documents referenced in the plan.
• Identifying critical infrastructure and assets at risk from the maps of issues annexed to the plan.

Strengths

• Adheres to the national COVADIS data standard, promoting interoperability.
• Based on French laws from 1995 and 1987, providing a clear legal framework.
• Last updated date is explicitly provided as 2021-07-20.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2021-07-20; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Developed by the French State under the authority of the Prefect, as part of the regulatory Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) process.

Freshness

Last updated 2021-07-20.

Geography

Baracci watershed, Corsica, France.