Proposed Water Channels for Climate-Resilient Urban Water Management in Eindhoven

Potential future water channels, such as ditches and canals, are mapped to visualize a climate-resilient urban water system for the city of Eindhoven. This dataset is part of the city's Water Vision map, which includes layers for existing water elements and new structures needed to prevent flooding. The data is provided by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a public domain dedication license.

Use Cases

• Urban flood risk modeling based on planned water drainage infrastructure.
• Spatial planning for biodiversity enhancement using proposed water channels.
• Integrating future water system elements into climate resilience atlases.
• Analyzing space claims for new water structures to connect existing systems.

Strengths

• Dataset is part of a formal municipal Water Vision map for climate adaptation.
• Links to authoritative external data services from the regional water authority (Waterschap de Dommel).
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats including ESRI SHAPE, CSV, and JSON.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely compiled from municipal and regional water authority planning documents.

Time Range

null

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Eindhoven, Netherlands