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Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions dataset supporting the 2024 Belgian MSFD assessment of D7C1

This dataset is part of the 2024 Belgian submission for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) linked to descriptor 7, criterion 1. This dataset describes the zones that are subject to noticeable permanent alteration of the hydrographic conditions due to human activities and man-made infrastructures for the time period 1992-2022. The data format is shapefiles and includes the zone area (m²) as attribute.

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Date (Creation)
2025-02-13
Date (Revision)
2026-09-14
Date (Publication)
2026-09-16
Date (Creation)
2016-05-19
Unique resource identifier
https://doi.org/10.24417/bmdc.be:dataset:2930
Identifier
http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / bmdc.be:dataset:2930

Date

Other citation details
This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). 7_C1_inside_blankenberg. (2) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_nearshore_with_benthos_map. (3) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Belwind. (4) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_C-Power. (5) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_MOG. (6) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Mermaid(Seamade). (7) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Nobelwind. (8) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Norther. (9) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Northwester2. (10) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Northwind. (11) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Rentel. (12) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Seastar(Seamade). (13) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7_C1_inside_newpoort. (14) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7_C1_inside_oostende. (15) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7_C1_inside_zeebrugge. (16) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7_C1_outside_zeebrugge. (17) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7_C1_seadefences_groynes. (18) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). D7_C1_wind_turbines_centroid_points_lat_lon. (19) Sebastien Legrand (n.d.). Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions. (20) Sébastien Legrand (n.d.). Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions in the Belgian part of the North Sea Report MSFD 2024.
Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Owner
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Publisher
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.naturalsciences.be
Keywords
  • Oceanographic geographical features
  • Federal government
  • Reporting INSPIRE
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Oceanographic geographical features
European Legislation Identifier
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)
Marine Regions
  • Greater North Sea, incl. the Kattegat and the English Channel
  • Belgian part of the North Sea
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
  • marine monitoring
  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
  • Environment
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
  • Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
  • Oceanographic Geographical Features
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
  • Hydrographical conditions are not altered
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
  • National
High-value dataset categories
  • Earth observation and environment
Eionet Central Data Repository
  • (Criteria) D7C1 - Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No conditions apply to access and use
Other constraints
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations on public access.
Use limitation
No conditions apply to use.
Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Text, table
Metadata language
English
Topic category
  • Oceans
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gml32:beginPosition
2020-01-01
Reference system identifier
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258
Distribution format
  • application/xml ( Unknown )

  • application/x-shapefile ( Unknown )

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.655008
OnLine resource
Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions in the Belgian part of the North Sea Report MSFD 2024. Sébastien Legrand ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

An HTTP link to view information

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_nearshore_with_benthos_map ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Belwind ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_C-Power ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_MOG ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Mermaid ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Nobelwind ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Norther ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Northwester2 ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Northwind ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Rentel ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7C1_intersection_with_benthos_map_Seastar ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:7_C1_inside_blankenberg ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7_C1_inside_newpoort ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7_C1_inside_oostende ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7_C1_inside_zeebrugge ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7_C1_outside_zeebrugge ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7_C1_seadefences_groynes ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/xml
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
0.257314
OnLine resource
MSFD24:D7_C1_wind_turbines_centroid_points_lat_lon ( OGC:WMS )

A WMS service to view a map

Distributor

Custodian
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
Name
application/x-shapefile
Version
Unknown
Transfer size
1.284235
OnLine resource
Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions. Sebastien Legrand ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download )

An HTTP link to download this dataset in Zipped Shapefile archive

OnLine resource
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) ( DOI )
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation
See the referenced specification
Pass
Yes
Statement
Permanent hydrographical alterations are assessed using a validated numerical model with appropriate resolution, applied first during the environmental impact study of a licensing procedure and refined, where required, by post-construction environmental monitoring. Monitoring is coordinated by RBINS, informed by the environmental monitoring programmes accompanying licenses for new infrastructure at sea. Not applicable — assessment is based on numerical modelling; in-situ current and wave data collected in the licensed area are used for model validation. Validated hydrodynamic numerical model, benchmarked against in-situ data using standard validation metrics (RMSE, bias, standard deviation, scatter plot, correlation coefficient, ROC curves).
File identifier
bmdc.be:dataset:2930 XML
Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-09-16T13:39:46.116Z
Metadata standard name
Geographic information -- Metadata
Metadata standard version
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Point of contact
  Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)
Vautierstraat 29 , Brussels , 1000 , Belgium
https://www.bmdc.be
 
 

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Keywords

Eionet Central Data Repository
(Criteria) D7C1 - Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions
European Legislation Identifier
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1
Marine Strategy Framework Directive marine monitoring
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Oceanographic geographical features
High-value dataset categories
Earth observation and environment
INSPIRE Registry: Priority Datasets
Directive 2008/56/EC
INSPIRE Registry: Spatial scope
National
INSPIRE Registry: feature concepts
Oceanographic Geographical Features
NERC Vocabulary Server - C45 Vocabulary version 3.0
Hydrographical conditions are not altered
Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium
Environment

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