The COVADIS data standard provides specifications for storing geographical data from Risk Prevention Plans (RPPs). These plans, established under the 1995 Act, address eight main natural hazards and four technological risks. The dataset for the municipality of Le Mas-d'Azil is maintained by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and was last updated in September 2021.
Use Cases
- Mapping regulatory zoning areas based on hazard levels described in the plan.
- Analyzing spatial distribution of natural and technological hazards for the municipality.
- Identifying land-use issues and assets at risk as referenced in the plan's annexes.
Strengths
- Based on a standardized national data model (COVADIS) for risk prevention plans.
- Covers a defined set of eight natural and four technological hazards.
- Includes regulatory mapping, hazard documentation, and issue identification as per the description.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2021-09-16 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 State as part of the Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) framework.
- Freshness
- 2021-09-16 00:00:00
- Geography
- Municipality of Le Mas-d'Azil, France