Top-area Dehydration: Priority Areas for Nature Groundwater Management in Drenthe, 2014

A version of the Top-area dehydration map adopted by the Provincial Staten van Drenthe on 2 July 2014. The data identifies areas where priority is given to addressing the drying of nature due to low groundwater levels. It appears as Map 10: Groundwater within the Environmental Vision 2014 framework.

Use Cases

• Prioritizing nature restoration efforts based on identified dehydration zones.
• Modeling hydrological risk to ecosystems based on low groundwater levels.
• Analyzing regional environmental policy implementation from the 2014 Environmental Vision.
• Cross-referencing land use with groundwater vulnerability for conservation planning.

Strengths

• Includes a specific adoption date (2 July 2014) providing clear policy context.
• Focuses on a defined environmental issue: groundwater levels too low for nature purposes.
• Originates from a governmental authority (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely derived from hydrological modeling and policy designation for the Provincial Staten van Drenthe.

Time Range

Adopted on 2 July 2014.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Province of Drenthe, Netherlands.