Regulatory flood zones established by approved PPR plans in the French department of Orne. The data is based on the PPR procedure defined by Articles L.562-1 to L.562-9 of the French Environmental Code, originating from the Act of 22 July 1987 and amended by the Act of 2 February 1995. The dataset was published by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières and last updated in April 2019.
Use Cases
- Mapping flood hazard areas for land-use planning based on the defined regulatory zones.
- Informing populations about flood risk areas as part of the PPR's public information mandate.
- Defining measures to reduce vulnerability to flooding based on the regulatory prevention dossier.
- Assessing property and development risk within the legally established flood zones.
Strengths
- Dataset is based on a formal regulatory procedure defined by French law.
- Provides a specific geographic focus on the department of Orne.
- Originates from a recognized geological and mining research organization (BRGM).
Limitations
- Last updated 2019-04-05 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Collection Method
- Regulatory dossier established by approved PPR (Plan de Prévention des Risques).
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-04-05 00:00:00
- Geography
- Department of Orne, France