The Sor Basin in the Tarn department of France is covered by a Natural Risk Prevention Plan (NRPP) for flood hazards. The dataset, following the COVADIS standard, contains geographical data for regulatory zoning, hazard intensity mapping, and identified issues. It was approved on 19 October 2010 and last updated in December 2019.
Use Cases
- Delineate regulated land-use zones based on the regulatory mapping described.
- Model flood hazard intensity levels using the hazard documents referenced.
- Identify and map vulnerable assets or infrastructure based on the 'issues' mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Based on a standardized national data specification (COVADIS) for risk prevention plans.
- Covers three distinct categories of information: regulatory zoning, hazard mapping, and identified issues.
- Approved by a formal state process, as described in the 1995 Act.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2019-12-19 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 by the French State under the Prefect's authority, following the COVADIS standard for digital storage.
- Time Range
- Plan approved 2010-10-19.
- Freshness
- 2019-12-19 00:00:00
- Geography
- Sor Basin, Tarn department, France.