Natural Flood Risk Prevention Plan for Val de Decise, Nièvre, France

The COVADIS data standard for risk prevention plans includes technical specifications for storing geographical data from these plans. The dataset, provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, was last updated on August 13, 2020. It focuses on the natural flood risk prevention plan (PPRi) for the Val de Decise area in the Nièvre department of France.

Use Cases

• Delineating regulated hazard zones for land-use planning based on the described regulatory mapping.
• Modeling flood hazard intensity levels using the hazard documents referenced in the description.
• Identifying and mapping assets and populations at risk based on the described 'issues' information.

Strengths

• Based on a standardized national data model (COVADIS) for risk prevention plans.
• Covers a specific administrative area (Val de Decise, Nièvre, France).
• Explicitly includes three categories of information: regulatory zoning, hazard mapping, and identified issues.

Limitations

• Last updated 2020-08-13 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Developed by the French State as part of the Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) tool, following the COVADIS data standard.

Freshness

2020-08-13 00:00:00

Geography

Val de Decise, Nièvre department (58), France