PPRN Flood Risk Issues for the Charente River in St-Sever-de-Saintonge

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES provides a dataset of assets and individuals considered as issues in the flood risk prevention plan (PPRN) for the Charente River in the commune of St-Sever-de-Saintonge, Charente-Maritime. The data represents a non-exhaustive snapshot of elements exposed to flooding hazards at the time of the plan's development. The dataset was last updated on 2021-09-17.

Use Cases

• Mapping flood exposure zones based on identified land cover and assets.
• Assessing the vulnerability of specific properties or environmental heritage to river flooding.
• Supporting historical analysis of land use and risk considerations for the Charente River basin.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a formal risk prevention plan (PPRN) study, providing institutional context.
• Focuses on a specific geographic area (commune of St-Sever-de-Saintonge) and hazard (Charente River flooding).
• Explicitly documents the data's status as a dated snapshot, clarifying its temporal scope.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Data is not updated after plan approval and is recalculated as needed, limiting its current operational use.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Compiled for the development of a Risk Prevention Plan (PPRN).

Freshness

Last updated 2021-09-17 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Commune of St-Sever-de-Saintonge, Charente-Maritime, France (Charente River basin).