Aquitaine Flood Hazard Infrastructure Challenges for EU Flood Directive Reporting

European Directive 2007/60/EC requires flood risk management plans to reduce negative consequences on health, environment, and economic activity. This dataset, produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, identifies linear infrastructure whose flooding may aggravate crisis management in the Libourne area of Aquitaine, France. It was last updated on 2019-03-29 and is used to produce maps of exposed issues at an appropriate scale.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing infrastructure reinforcement based on its potential to complicate crisis management during floods.
• Developing flood risk management plans (WRMs) as required by European Directive 2007/60/EC.
• Creating hazard maps for the Libourne area to homogenize and objectify knowledge of flood exposure.
• Informing local environmental policy aligned with the French Law of 12 July 2010 on a national commitment for the environment (LENE).

Strengths

• Produced for a specific regulatory purpose under European Directive 2007/60/EC, ensuring a defined scope.
• Created by the authoritative geological and mining research organization Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières.
• Focuses on linear infrastructure, a key factor for crisis management during flood events.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-03-29; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is 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 00:00:00

Geography

Libourne area, Aquitaine, France