Haute-Garonne, France, is the focus of this dataset on the hazard of clay soil subsidence and swelling, which can damage buildings and infrastructure. The data likely supports the application of French Law No. 82-600, which enables insurance coverage for related natural disasters. It was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated on January 11, 2022.
Use Cases
- Assess construction site suitability based on soil hazard levels.
- Model insurance risk for properties in areas susceptible to clay movement.
- Plan infrastructure development using rules mentioned for hazard mitigation.
Strengths
- Dataset is provided by a national geological and mining research bureau (BRGM).
- Explicitly linked to a specific legal framework (French Law No. 82-600 of July 13, 1982).
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- 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
- Freshness
- Last updated 2022-01-11 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Haute-Garonne, France