Flood Risk Areas

Name: Flood Risk Areas
Creator: Planning Authority Malta

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This API provides access to Flood Risk Areas data for the Maltese Islands, published by the Planning Authority Malta via a Web Map Service (WMS) interface. The dataset reflects flood risk zones reported under the EU Floods Directive, covering national territory. It is freely accessible without authentication and can be used to view and integrate flood risk mapping into geographic information systems for spatial planning, risk assessment, and environmental analysis purposes.Flood Risk Areas for the Maltese Island as reported under the Floods Directive.

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Data schema (4 fields)

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Field	Type	Description
inspireIdInspire id	IdentifierPropertyType	Unique INSPIRE identifier for the flood risk area feature.Unique INSPIRE identifier for the flood risk area feature.
sourceOfRiskSource of risk	nz-core:NaturalHazardClassificationPropertyType	Hazard classification identifying the source contributing to the flood risk.Hazard classification identifying the source contributing to the flood risk.
validityPeriodValidity period	TimePeriodPropertyType	Time period during which the flood risk assessment is considered valid.Time period during which the flood risk assessment is considered valid.
geometryGeometry	geometry	Spatial extent of the flood risk area as a geometric shape.Spatial extent of the flood risk area as a geometric shape.

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Record 1source: {"nil":true} · inspireId: {"Identifier":{"localId":"MTMALTAQMRF01"

{
  "source": {
    "nil": true
  },
  "inspireId": {
    "Identifier": {
      "localId": "MTMALTAQMRF01",
      "namespace": "MT.FloodRiskZones"
    }
  },
  "identifier": {
    "value": "https://data.gov.mt/so/nz/MT.FloodRiskZones/MTMALTAQMRF01",
    "codeSpace": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ids"
  },
  "description": "Zone is Residential",
  "levelOfRisk": {
    "LevelOrIntensity": {
      "assessmentMethod": "http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/Converters/run_conversion?file=mt/eu/fhrm/envvpqc5g/FHRM_20150220_130658.xml&conv=409&source=remote",
      "qualitativeValue": "significant ",
      "quantitativeValue": {
        "nil": true,
        "uom": "unknown",
        "nilReason": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/VoidReasonValue/Unpopulated"
      }
    }
  },
  "sourceOfRisk": {
    "NaturalHazardClassification": {
      "hazardCategory": {
        "href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/NaturalHazardCategoryValue/flood"
      },
      "specificHazardType": {
        "nil": true
      }
    }
  },
  "exposedElement": {
    "nil": true,
    "nilReason": "true"
  },
  "beginLifeSpanVersion": true
}

Record 2source: {"nil":true} · inspireId: {"Identifier":{"localId":"MTMALTAQMRF02"

{
  "source": {
    "nil": true
  },
  "inspireId": {
    "Identifier": {
      "localId": "MTMALTAQMRF02",
      "namespace": "MT.FloodRiskZones"
    }
  },
  "identifier": {
    "value": "https://data.gov.mt/so/nz/MT.FloodRiskZones/MTMALTAQMRF02",
    "codeSpace": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ids"
  },
  "description": "Zone is Residential",
  "levelOfRisk": {
    "LevelOrIntensity": {
      "assessmentMethod": "http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/Converters/run_conversion?file=mt/eu/fhrm/envvpqc5g/FHRM_20150220_130658.xml&conv=409&source=remote",
      "qualitativeValue": "significant ",
      "quantitativeValue": {
        "nil": true,
        "uom": "unknown",
        "nilReason": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/VoidReasonValue/Unpopulated"
      }
    }
  },
  "sourceOfRisk": {
    "NaturalHazardClassification": {
      "hazardCategory": {
        "href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/NaturalHazardCategoryValue/flood"
      },
      "specificHazardType": {
        "nil": true
      }
    }
  },
  "exposedElement": {
    "nil": true,
    "nilReason": "true"
  },
  "beginLifeSpanVersion": true
}

Record 3source: {"nil":true} · inspireId: {"Identifier":{"localId":"MTMALTAQMRF03"

{
  "source": {
    "nil": true
  },
  "inspireId": {
    "Identifier": {
      "localId": "MTMALTAQMRF03",
      "namespace": "MT.FloodRiskZones"
    }
  },
  "identifier": {
    "value": "https://data.gov.mt/so/nz/MT.FloodRiskZones/MTMALTAQMRF03",
    "codeSpace": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/ids"
  },
  "description": "Zone is Residential",
  "levelOfRisk": {
    "LevelOrIntensity": {
      "assessmentMethod": "http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/Converters/run_conversion?file=mt/eu/fhrm/envvpqc5g/FHRM_20150220_130658.xml&conv=409&source=remote",
      "qualitativeValue": "significant ",
      "quantitativeValue": {
        "nil": true,
        "uom": "unknown",
        "nilReason": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/VoidReasonValue/Unpopulated"
      }
    }
  },
  "sourceOfRisk": {
    "NaturalHazardClassification": {
      "hazardCategory": {
        "href": "http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/codelist/NaturalHazardCategoryValue/flood"
      },
      "specificHazardType": {
        "nil": true
      }
    }
  },
  "exposedElement": {
    "nil": true,
    "nilReason": "true"
  },
  "beginLifeSpanVersion": true
}

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