The COVADIS data standard for risk prevention plans includes specifications for storing geographical data from these plans. Risk Prevention Plans (PPR) were established by the French Act of 2 February 1995 and are developed by the State. This dataset likely contains regulatory zoning, hazard intensity maps, and identified issues for the municipality of Sévignacq-Meyracq.
Use Cases
- Mapping regulatory land-use zones based on hazard levels described in the plan.
- Analyzing spatial distribution of natural hazards like floods or terrain movements for the municipality.
- Identifying infrastructure and environmental issues referenced in the plan's annexes.
- Standardizing storage of PPR geographical data across different government ministries.
Strengths
- Based on the standardized COVADIS data specification for risk prevention plans.
- Covers eight main natural hazards and four technological risks as defined by French law.
- Contains three defined categories of information: regulatory mapping, hazard documents, and identified issues.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last updated 2019-03-26 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Collection Method
- Developed by the French State as part of the Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) tool.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-03-26 00:00:00
- Geography
- Municipality of Sévignacq-Meyracq (64522), department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.