Water Squares for Urban Flood Mitigation in Eindhoven Municipality

A geospatial dataset of water squares within the Municipality of Eindhoven, Netherlands. These are sunken squares designed to temporarily capture rainwater during extreme downpours, part of a broader water vision map for climate adaptation. The data is provided by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC-PDM-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling urban flood risk based on the location of temporary water storage basins.
• Planning climate-adaptive infrastructure based on the water vision map for future water systems.
• Integrating existing and proposed water management elements for spatial analysis.
• Analyzing the distribution of water retention capacity within a city's public spaces.

Strengths

• Part of a structured water vision map that visualizes a future climate-resilient water system.
• Links to related authoritative datasets from the water authority (Waterschap de Dommel) and the municipality.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats (ESRI SHAPE, CSV, 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 (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from municipal and water authority spatial planning systems.

Time Range

null

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Municipality of Eindhoven, Netherlands