The COVADIS data standard for risk prevention plans includes specifications for storing geographical data from risk prevention plans. The dataset covers eight main natural hazards, including floods, earthquakes, and avalanches, and four technological risks. It was last updated on 2019-03-26 by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières.
Use Cases
- Mapping regulated land-use zones based on the regulatory mapping described in the plan.
- Analyzing hazard intensity levels for specific risks like floods or terrain movements based on the hazard documents.
- Identifying and mapping assets at risk based on the issues identified during the plan's preparation.
Strengths
- Based on a standardized national data specification (COVADIS) for risk prevention plans.
- Covers a defined set of 12 major natural and technological hazards.
- Contains three structured 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 2019-03-26 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 as part of the Risk Prevention Plan (PPR) process established by law.
- Freshness
- 2019-03-26 00:00:00
- Geography
- Municipality of Laruns (64320), Department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France