Spatial Flood Defences in Wales with Standardised Attributes

Flood defences built to protect against river and sea flooding in Wales, with recognized levels of flood protection. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service under an OGL-UK-3.0 license. Defences not yet shown and the areas they benefit will be added gradually.

Use Cases

• Modeling flood risk exposure based on the recognized levels of flood protection.
• Planning infrastructure resilience based on the spatial location of flood defences.
• Assessing the potential for overtopping or failure based on the description of extreme weather conditions.

Strengths

• Data includes recognized levels of flood protection linked to the Flood Risk Assessment Wales (FRAW) map.
• Published by a government organization (Government Digital Service) under an open license (OGL-UK-3.0).

Limitations

• Row count, file formats, and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• The dataset is incomplete, as defences not yet shown will be added gradually.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

unknown

Geography

Wales