Aquitaine Flood Protection Works for European Flood Directive Reporting

A 2019 dataset from the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières detailing flood protection works in the IRR right-of-way in Aquitaine, France. It was produced for reporting under European Flood Directive 2007/60/EC to homogenize knowledge of flood exposure. The data is used to produce flood hazard and risk maps for three probability levels (high, medium, low) to assess territorial vulnerability.

Use Cases

• Generate flood surface maps based on documented flood protection infrastructure.
• Create flood risk maps by combining hazard data with exposed issues.
• Assess territorial vulnerability for high, medium, and low probability flood events.
• Support the development of Flood Risk Management Plans (PGRIs) as required by EU Directive 2007/60/EC.

Strengths

• Produced for a formal regulatory reporting process under EU Directive 2007/60/EC.
• Designed to homogenize and objectify knowledge of flood exposure for standardized planning.
• Supports mapping for three distinct flood probability levels (high, medium, low).

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-03-29; 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

Collection Method

Produced for reporting purposes for the European Flood Directive.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-03-29.

Geography

Aquitaine: Bordeaux Sorting (overflow), France.