PPRN: Natural Hazard Prevention Plan for St-Palais-sur-Mer, France

A Plan for the Prevention of Natural Hazards (PPRN) approved for the municipality of St-Palais-sur-Mer in Charente-Maritime, France. The dataset was last updated on 2021-09-17 and originates from the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières. It contains layers detailing the scope of exposure, risk zoning, regulatory zoning, and existing information related to forest fire, marine erosion, and submersion risks.

Use Cases

• Modeling coastal erosion and submersion risk based on the regulatory zoning layer.
• Assessing wildfire exposure and planning mitigation based on the risk zoning layer.
• Integrating existing hazard information for land-use planning and development control.
• Visualizing the spatial scope of natural hazard exposure for public communication.

Strengths

• Dataset is tied to a specific, legally approved plan (prefectural decree of 15/10/2003).
• Provides multiple structured layers (exposure, zoning, regulatory, information) for analysis.
• Has a clear geographic focus on the Arvert peninsula and St-Palais-sur-Mer.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2021-09-17 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 created as part of official natural hazard prevention planning.

Time Range

Plan approved 15/10/2003; data updated 2021-09-17.

Freshness

Last updated 2021-09-17 00:00:00

Geography

Municipality of St-Palais-sur-Mer on the Arvert peninsula, Charente-Maritime, France.