The Plan for the Prevention of Natural Hazards (PPRN) for the municipality of Les Cabannes is a French government dataset. It is part of the COVADIS data standard for Risk Prevention Plans (RPPs), established under laws from 1987 and 1995. The data standardizes the storage of geographical information related to regulatory zoning, hazard mapping, and identified issues for major natural risks.
Use Cases
- Mapping regulatory zoning areas for land-use planning based on hazard exposure levels.
- Analyzing spatial distribution of natural hazards like floods and earthquakes for risk assessment.
- Identifying and visualizing infrastructure and population issues within hazard-prone zones.
Strengths
- Data conforms to the standardized COVADIS specification for Risk Prevention Plans.
- Covers eight main natural hazards defined by French national policy, including floods, earthquakes, and forest fires.
- Includes three standardized categories of information: regulatory mapping, hazard documents, and issue maps.
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 French State (Prefect) as part of the Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) process.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2021-09-16 00:00:00
- Geography
- Municipality of Les Cabannes, France