ZAEP: Special Ecological Development Zones for Laval, Québec

Special Ecological Development Zones (ZAEP) from the second draft revised land use and development plan for the City of Laval, adopted in March 2017. The dataset maps and characterizes these zones, which integrate potential development sectors with areas for conservation and enhancement of large areas of high ecological value. It is provided by the Government and Municipalities of Québec under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial relationships between development potential and high-value ecological features based on the described integration of sectors.
• Model conservation priorities based on the described high density of ecological elements like woods, rivers, and wetlands.
• Support municipal land-use planning decisions based on the zoning framework from Laval's 2017 draft development plan.

Strengths

• Data is derived from an official municipal land use and development plan, suggesting authoritative origins.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (SHP, GEOJSON, KML, CSV), facilitating interoperability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec

Collection Method

Mapping and characterization from a municipal land use and development plan.

Time Range

Plan adopted in March 2017.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-22 17:35:54.578628; freshness should be verified.

Geography

City of Laval, Québec, Canada.