Natural Risk Prevention Plan (PPRN) for Saint Paul-lès-Dax, France

A 2023 geospatial dataset from the French geological survey (BRGM) detailing the Natural Risk Prevention Plan for the commune of Saint Paul-lès-Dax. The data standardizes the storage of regulatory zoning, hazard intensity maps, and identified issues for major natural and technological risks. It is part of a national framework established by laws from 1987 and 1995.

Use Cases

• Mapping regulated land-use zones based on hazard exposure levels described in the standard.
• Analyzing spatial overlap of multiple natural hazards (e.g., floods, forest fires) for a specific territory.
• Identifying infrastructure and assets (issues) at risk within the plan's geographical delimitation.
• Standardizing the storage and exchange of risk prevention plan data between government ministries.

Strengths

• Data conforms to the national COVADIS standard for homogeneous storage of Risk Prevention Plan data.
• Covers a defined scope of eight natural and four technological risks as per French national policy.
• Last updated on 2023-06-05, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The description notes the standard does not constitute a complete modelling of a risk prevention plan dossier.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES (BRGM)

Collection Method

Digitally stored spatial data from the official Risk Prevention Plan (PPR), as per the COVADIS data standard.

Freshness

Last updated 2023-06-05 00:00:00

Geography

Saint Paul-lès-Dax, Landes (40), France