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Flood Disadvantage - Scotland

This dataset presents flood disadvantage for the whole of Scotland using the 2001 Data Zone geography. It includes 34 vulnerability indicators, social vulnerability to flooding, percentage of households exposed to flooding, flood disadvantage and geographical location. The dataset was produced as part of the Mapping Flood Disadvantage in Scotland project commissioned by the Scottish Government in 2015. The project aim was to provide a spatial assessment of social vulnerability to flooding and flood disadvantage in Scotland, to enable local authorities, service providers and other agencies to better target work around flood resilience and response, and in particular to assist local authorities in meeting their duties under the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009. For further details, users can consult the full report accessible from the links provided.

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Identification info

Metadata Language
English
Character set
UTF8
Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
2015-12-23
Identifier
SG_FloodDisadvantage
Other citation details

Kazmierczak, A. Cavan, G. Connelly, A. and Lindley, S. (2015). Mapping Flood Disadvantage in Scotland 2015. The Scottish Government, Edinburgh, UK.

Publisher
  Scottish Government - GIS Analyst ( Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team )
Victoria Quay , Edinburgh , EH6 6QQ , United Kingdom
Point of contact
  Scottish Government - Senior Policy Officer ( Flood Risk Management )
Victoria Quay , Edinburgh , EH6 6QQ , United Kingdom
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Population distribution — demography

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4

  • social inequality

  • flooding

Limitations on Public Access
Other restrictions
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No limitations to public access
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Other constraints
Open Government Licence
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The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Copyright Scottish Government, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year)

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
10000
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Society
Code
S92000003
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Temporal reference

Temporal extent
 
Temporal extent
 
Additional information

https://www.gov.scot/publications/mapping-flood-disadvantage-scotland-2015-main-report/

 
Code
EPSG:4258
Code
EPSG:27700

Distribution Information

Data format

Data format
Name Version

WMS

1.3.0

WFS

2.0.0

ESRI REST

1.0

ESRI Shapefile

1.0

 

Transfer options

Resource Locator
Protocol Resource Locator Name

OGC:WMS

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/ScotGov/PeopleSociety/MapServer/WMSServer?

FloodDisadvantage

OGC:WFS

https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/ScotGov/PeopleSociety/MapServer/WFSServer?

SOC:FloodDisadvantage

ESRI:REST https://maps.gov.scot/server/rest/services/ScotGov/PeopleSociety/MapServer/0

Flood Disadvantage

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

https://maps.gov.scot/ATOM/shapefiles/SG_FloodDisadvantage_2015.zip

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://www.gov.scot/publications/mapping-flood-disadvantage-scotland-2015-main-report/

Main Report

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://www.gov.scot/publications/mapping-flood-disadvantage-scotland-2015-methodology-report/

Methodology Report

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

https://arcg.is/049ivj

ESRI ArcGIS Online Web Map

 
 

Data quality info

Quality Scope
Dataset
Conformity
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation
Degree
false
Statement

This assessment framework recognises that social vulnerability to flooding is influenced by a mix of personal (e.g. disability or age), environmental (e.g. elevation of housing, presence of green space) and social factors (e.g. levels of income, tenure or extent of social networks). When combined, these affect the degree to which flooding may affect the well-being of individuals and communities.


The index of social vulnerability to flooding comprised 34 indicators in total, relating to 14 thematic domains (Age, Health, Income, Information use, Insurance, Local knowledge, Social networks, Tenure, Mobility, Physical access, Crime, Access to services, Housing and Green space). The main sources of data were Scotland’s Census, Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics, SEPA’s flood data and Ordnance Survey data, in addition to some other information. The indicators were combined to produce an index of social vulnerability for the whole of Scotland at the neighbourhood level (using 2001 Data Zones). The index of social vulnerability to flooding was combined with flood-hazard exposure data, to produce a final index of flood disadvantage. The flood hazard exposure information takes into account different sources of flooding (coastal, river and surface water) and different return periods. Social vulnerability to flooding and flood disadvantage were then categorised into six classes, based on the deviation from average Scottish values, ranging from extremely low to acute.


This digital dataset includes 5 main components:


1. Vulnerability Indicators - the 34 indicators used to calculate the index of social vulnerability to flooding. In order to calculate the index, the indicators were standardised, weighted and combined together.


2. Social Vulnerability to Flooding - the standardised index of social vulnerability is provided, together with the values of the dimensions of vulnerability (sensitivity, ability to prepare for, respond to and recover after flooding). For the index and its dimensions, 0 is the national average; positive values indicate above-average and negative values mean below-average levels of vulnerability, sensitivity, enhanced exposure and inability to prepare for, respond to and recover after flooding.


3. Percentage of Households Exposed to Flooding - the percentage of households in the data zone that are located within flood maps representing the extent of different flood types (coastal, river, surface water) for any type of flooding and for different return periods (1 in 10; 1 in 25/30; 1 in 200; and 1 in 200 years including the impacts of climate change).


4. Flood Disadvantage - the combination of social vulnerability to flooding and the percentage of households exposed to flooding by data zone. This includes the values of the standardised flood disadvantage index for different types of flooding and varying return periods, where 0 is national average, positive values indicate above-average and negative values mean below-average flood disadvantage. The value of -999 code means that the data zone is not exposed to a given type of flooding.


5. Geographical Location - the rurality of each data zone according to the Scottish Urban-Rural Classification (2014). A classification of the coastal and inland areas, is also included based on the location of the data zone population-weighted centroid, and using three distance bands from the coast: 1 km, 2km and 10km.


This project applied the same framework as the first assessment of flood disadvantage in Scotland (Lindley and O’Neill, 2013) and an earlier assessment of social vulnerability to climate change impacts (Lindley et al., 2011). However, this research modifies the original methodology to include more recent datasets to represent the indicators of social vulnerability and flood risk. Therefore, the results of this research should not be compared to the earlier work. For further details on the methods employed users should consult the methodology report at https://www.gov.scot/publications/mapping-flood-disadvantage-scotland-2015-methodology-report/.

 

Metadata

File identifier
a23cd103-7381-47e9-841d-083c9aef171d XML
Metadata Language
English
Resource type
Dataset
Metadata Date
2021-04-13T15:05:23
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Point of contact

Individual name

GIS Analyst

Organisation name

Scottish Government

Position name

Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team

Delivery point

Victoria Quay

City

Edinburgh

Postal code

EH6 6QQ

Country

United Kingdom

Electronic mail address

GI-SAT@gov.scot SAT@gov.sco GI-SAT@gov.scot

Role
Point of contact
Point of contact
  Scottish Government - GIS Analyst ( Geographic Information Science and Analysis Team )
Victoria Quay , Edinburgh , EH6 6QQ , United Kingdom
 
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
flooding social inequality
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Population distribution — demography

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