INSPIRE

The INSPIRE Directive aims to create a European Union Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of EU environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment. This European Spatial Data Infrastructure will enable the sharing of environmental spatial information among public sector organisations, facilitate public access to spatial information across Europe and assist in policy-making across boundaries.

INSPIRE is based on the infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States of the European Union. The Directive addresses 34 spatial data themes needed for environmental applications.

INSPIRE Theme III: Natural Risk Zone

The approach taken to model Natural Risk Zones is generic in its treatment of each of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and risk, but five use cases have been created to demonstrate the fit of the model with specific examples for different types of hazard:

• Floods (calculation of flood impact, reporting and flood hazard/risk mapping)
• Risk Management Scenario (an example from a national perspective)
• Landslides (hazard mapping, vulnerability assessment and risk assessment)
• Forest fires (danger, vulnerability and risk mapping)
• Earthquake insurance

Which existing concepts do we propose to reuse and extend for geotechnics?

• NZ:HazardArea
• NZ:RiskZone