Aquitaine region data on homogeneous areas describing types of economic activity on Flood Risk Prevention Plans (IRRs). The dataset was produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières for reporting under the European Flood Directive 2007/60/EC and last updated on March 29, 2019. It is used to produce maps of exposed issues at an appropriate scale.
Use Cases
- Mapping economic exposure to flood risks based on the described homogeneous activity areas.
- Developing flood risk management plans (WRMs) as required by EU Directive 2007/60/EC.
- Objectifying and homogenizing knowledge of flood exposure for the Basque Coast region.
Strengths
- Produced for official EU Flood Directive reporting, implying a formal methodology.
- Designed to homogenize and objectify knowledge of flood exposure.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2019-03-29 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
- Produced for reporting purposes for the European Flood Directive.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-03-29 00:00:00
- Geography
- Aquitaine: Basque Coast (France)