PPR ORTHEZ (64DDTM20000008): Flood Hazard Zones for Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques

PPR ORTHEZ (64DDTM20000008) is a dataset of areas exposed to flood hazards for the town of Orthez, France, produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières. The data represents hazard zones from the approved flood prevention plan, with zones graduated according to hazard level based on probability and intensity. The dataset was last updated on March 26, 2019.

Use Cases

• Land-use planning based on flood hazard zoning levels.
• Risk analysis for property development based on hazard probability and intensity.
• Identifying areas protected by structures that are still considered subject to hazard.
• Mapping multi-hazard exposure based on hazard map codes for each risk type.

Strengths

• Data is based on an approved regulatory flood prevention plan (PPR).
• Hazard zones are graduated according to level, incorporating probability and intensity.
• Areas protected by structures are included, accounting for potential failure.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Last updated 2019-03-26 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

Standardized from digital data used in the development of approved PPRNs.

Freshness

2019-03-26 00:00:00

Geography

Orthez (64430), department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France