Risk — 41DDT19990004: Flood Hazard Zones in Cher, Loir-et-Cher, France

Hazard zones for the Cher department in France's Loir-et-Cher region, defined by the Risk Prevention Plan (PPR). The dataset, managed by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM), represents areas exposed to one or more natural hazards based on a graduated zoning system. It was last updated on March 19, 2024, and is available via an INSPIRE-compliant download service.

Use Cases

• Modeling flood risk exposure for property and infrastructure based on the graduated hazard zoning.
• Assessing land-use suitability for development based on regulatory hazard prescriptions.
• Integrating hazard data with demographic or economic data for regional risk analysis.
• Validating or calibrating hydrological models using the official hazard study results.

Strengths

• Data is based on a formal hazard study assessing probability and intensity of dangerous phenomena.
• Includes areas protected by structures, representing a conservative risk assessment.
• Conforms to the INSPIRE data standard, facilitating interoperability within European systems.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale ML tasks.
• Data may reflect geographic and methodological bias inherent to the specific PPR study.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Synthesis of calculated, modelled, or observed hazard data for the Risk Prevention Plan (PPR).

Freshness

Last updated 2024-03-19 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Cher department, Loir-et-Cher region, France.