Percentage of Building Floor Area in Official Floodplains for German Territorial Units

A geospatial indicator describing the potential area-related flood risk for buildings in German territorial units. The data is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie via WFS services. Registration is required to access the WCS and WFS services.

Use Cases

• Assess regional flood vulnerability based on the percentage of building floor area in floodplains.
• Model potential property damage for insurance or disaster preparedness based on flood risk.
• Inform land-use planning and zoning regulations based on area-related flood risk indicators.
• Prioritize flood mitigation investments for territorial units with high building exposure.

Strengths

• Provides a standardized indicator for area-related flood risk assessment.
• Sourced from an authoritative national geospatial organization.

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

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Collection Method

Likely derived from official geospatial data on building footprints and designated floodplains.

Geography

Germany (implied by the source organization)