Urban Water Opportunities Map for Settling Sensitivity in the Netherlands

A geospatial dataset from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations providing insight into urban expansion possibilities and limitations. The data includes a settling sensitivity map for urban areas, classified as low, moderate, or highly sensitive based on clay coating thickness, Dutch peat thickness, and the presence of peat in the upper soil layer. The dataset is available under a CC0-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Classify land suitability for construction based on soil composition and peat presence.
• Model urban expansion scenarios using geospatial constraints on settling sensitivity.
• Assess geotechnical risks for infrastructure projects in areas with varying clay and peat thickness.

Strengths

• Provides a clear, three-class classification (low, moderate, high) for settling sensitivity.
• Classification methodology is explicitly described, based on clay thickness, peat thickness, and peat presence in the upper 120cm.
• Data is published under a permissive CC0-1.0 public domain license.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

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Geography

Urban areas in the Netherlands, inferred from the description's reference to 'Dutch peat'.