The COVADIS data standard for risk prevention plans includes all technical and organisational specifications for the digital storage of geographical data represented in the risk prevention plans (RPPs). The dataset is part of the Law of 22 July 1987 on the organisation of civil security, the protection of the forest against fire and the prevention of major risks. It was last updated on 2020-10-15 by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières.
Use Cases
- Map flood or fire risk zones based on the geographical data specifications mentioned in the description.
- Support municipal planning decisions based on state-mandated risk prevention plan (RPP) data.
- Analyze compliance with the 1987 civil security law based on the standardized digital storage framework.
Strengths
- Based on a formal national data standard (COVADIS) for risk prevention plans.
- Created under a specific legal framework (Law of 22 July 1987).
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2020-10-15 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 as part of the state-mandated Risk Prevention Plan (RPP) tool.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2020-10-15 00:00:00.
- Geography
- Likely focuses on the Fourcès area in France.