A database of brownfield sites in the Vosges department, established by the Etablissement Public Foncier de Lorraine (EPFL) as part of a regional observatory finalized in September 2016. The base brings together military, industrial, commercial, administrative, and tourist sites identified between 2015 and 2018 with support from regional authorities. The data was last updated on September 11, 2020.
Use Cases
- Mapping potential land for redevelopment based on identified brownfield sites.
- Analyzing the distribution of industrial wasteland types (military, commercial, tourist) across a region.
- Assessing regional land-use patterns and environmental impact over a defined time period.
- Supporting policy decisions for urban planning and economic regeneration based on site inventories.
Strengths
- Data collection was supported by multiple regional authorities (Region, Vosges Departmental Council, EPCI).
- Covers a specific four-year identification period from 2015 to 2018.
- Includes multiple site categories: military, industrial, commercial, administrative, and tourist.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2021-07-08 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Etablissement Public Foncier de Lorraine (EPFL), Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)
- Collection Method
- Part of a regional observatory of brownfields; sites identified via survey.
- Time Range
- 2015-2018
- Freshness
- Last updated 2021-07-08 00:00:00
- Geography
- Vosges department, France