Document name | Scale | Description | Example(s) | Reference law | |
| French name | Translation | ||||
| Global documents | |||||
| Document départemental des risques majeurs (DDRM) | Major risks county document | each county | Informative document for the local population and authorities explaining appropriate conduct and past events. It summarizes information about risks and lists the towns subjected to major ones. | DDRM of Belfort | Art. R. 125-11 (environmental code) |
| Plan communal de sauvegarde (PCS) | Municipal protection document | town | Mandatory municipal document subjected to PPR describing crisis management and actions of each stakeholder. | PCS of Sochaux | Art. L. 731-3 (homeland security code) |
| Specific documents on flood risk | |||||
| Plan de prévention du risque inondation (PPRI) | Flood risk prevention document | each town in basin | Imposes public easements, i.e. obligations for construction against flooding. | PPRI of the Savoureuse or Bourbeuse rivers | Art. 95-101 of Barnier Act |
| Atlas de bassin | Basin atlas | each basin subjected to risks | Former PPRI but without easement, it presents flood risks with maps | Atlas of the Douce basin | SDAGE additional information |
| River management documents | |||||
| Schéma (départemental) d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux (S(D)AGE) | (County) planning and water management scheme | basin | Determines water resource management in accordance with the principles of the Water Act. | SDAGE of Rhin-Meuse | Art. 92-3 of Water Act |
| Contrat de rivière | River contract | basin | Voluntary agreement with same aims as S(D)AGE without regulatory scope. | Allan river contract | / |
| Planning documents | |||||
| Schéma de cohérence territoriale (SCOT) | Territorial cohesion scheme | Association of county councils | Gives planning directives (risks poorly developed) | SCOT of Pays de Montbéliard | Art. L. 122-1 (planning code) |
| Plan local d’urbanisme (PLU) | Local urban plan | town | Mandatory document that must be in compliance with SCOT and integrates PPRI; it plans zones that are not suitable for development and subjected to risks. | PLU of Montbéliard | Art. L. 123 (planning code) |