Building Vulnerability to Soil Subsidence in the Netherlands (2019)

A 2019 geospatial dataset from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations assessing the vulnerability of buildings to soil subsidence. It classifies vulnerability based on soil settlement sensitivity and building age as a proxy for foundation type. The data is available in multiple formats including WFS and WMS for mapping services.

Use Cases

• Risk modeling for insurance or municipal planning based on soil sensitivity and building age classes.
• Creating vulnerability maps for specific regions based on the three-tier classification system.
• Analyzing correlations between building construction eras and subsidence risk mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Provides a structured three-class system for both soil sensitivity and building vulnerability.
• Integrates two distinct data sources: soil maps and building age from the national address registry (BAG).
• Available in standard geospatial service formats (WFS, WMS) for integration into GIS workflows.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes detailed national foundation data is not yet available, relying on age as a proxy.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely derived from combining soil descent alert maps with building age data from the Basic Administration Addresses and Buildings (BAG).

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Likely covers the Netherlands, based on the use of Dutch national data sources.