Lauzerte municipality in Tarn-et-Garonne, France, hosts this dataset for a natural risk prevention plan (PPR). The data conforms to the COVADIS standard for storing geographical information from risk prevention plans, which include regulatory zoning, hazard maps, and identified issues. It was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated on April 1, 2019.
Use Cases
- Mapping regulatory zoning for construction based on hazard levels described in the plan.
- Analyzing terrain movement risks for specific geographic areas within the municipality.
- Integrating standardized hazard data with other environmental datasets for multi-risk assessment.
Strengths
- Data follows the standardized COVADIS specification for risk prevention plans.
- Covers eight main natural hazards defined by French national law, including terrain movements.
- Includes three categories of information: regulatory mapping, hazard documents, and identified issues.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2019-04-01 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
- Likely produced as part of the state-mandated Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) development process.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-04-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- Municipality of Lauzerte, Department of Tarn-et-Garonne, France