Bordeaux Flood Risk to Cultural Heritage Surfaces, Aquitaine Region

European Floods Directive 2007/60/EC requires flood risk maps to reduce impacts on cultural heritage and other areas. This dataset from the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières maps surfaces related to cultural heritage exposed to marine submersion in Bordeaux, Aquitaine. It was last updated on March 29, 2019, and is used to produce maps of exposed issues at an appropriate scale.

Use Cases

• Assess flood exposure for cultural heritage sites based on the described surface issues.
• Develop homogenized flood risk management plans based on the objective knowledge of flood exposure.
• Map areas of high consequence for human health and economic activity based on the directive's framework.

Strengths

• Produced by the authoritative Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières.
• Created to support the legally mandated European Floods Directive 2007/60/EC.
• Aims to homogenize and objectify knowledge of flood exposure for planning.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Freshness

Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00

Geography

Aquitaine region, specifically Bordeaux sorting area for marine submersion.