Brussels-Capital Region : Brussels-Capital statistical areas are grouped to form the districts of monitoring. Monitoring the neighborhood is an urban observation tool to help track and understand the evolution of Brussels districts in different aspects (demographic, social, health, economy, housing, mobility, quality of life, participation, ... ) to improve the efficiency of urban policy and help guide public and private investment in urban renewal ...

Brussels-Capital Region : location of the different groundwater quality monitoring sites managed by Brussels Environment and which results are transmitted through the reporting to Europe (under Article 8 of the Water Framework Directive). Indication of the analyzed water body, the European Code and the Brussels code of the monitoring site. Distinction between two types of monitoring: surveillance monitoring for all groundwater bodies (type_monitoring = 1) and operational monitoring for groundwater bodies identified as being at risk of failing to achieve the objectives of good status (type_monitoring = 2)

Brussels-Capital Region : toponymy public spaces is the name of : - Highways; - Areas of water; - Green areas; - Cemeteries.

Brussels-Capital Region : building means any physical construction formed of rigid exterior walls, roofed, permanently attached to land, and designed to accommodate human activity and / or shelter for animals, goods and machinery.

Brussels-Capital Region: A supply zone is a geographically defined area within which water intended for human consumption comes from one or more sources and within which water quality may be considered as being approximately uniform.

Brussels-Capital Region: Map of the areas affected by historical flooding (past events). Prepared in accordance with Article 4 of the European Flood Directive 2007/60/EC.

Brussels-Capital Region: location of the three areas of limitation of aircraft noise defined by the order of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region of 27 May 1999 on the fight against the noise generated by air traffic. Note : http://geoportal.ibgebim.be/pdf/metadata_doc/19990527_agb_LutteBruit_TraficAerien.pdf

Brussels-Capital Region : location of the different groundwater level monitoring sites (or piezometric sites) managed by Brussels Environment under the surveillance monitoring of the groundwater status in accordance with the Ordonnance and the Water Framework Directive. Indication of the analyzed water body, the European Code and the Brussels code of the monitoring site.

Brussels-Capital Region : this directive has as an aim the prevention of the major accidents implying of dangerous substances and the limitation of their consequences for the man and the environment, in order to ensure in a coherent and effective way in all the country of the high levels of protection. The geographical data file SEVESO consists of several classes of objects which make it possible to locate all the SEVESO sites on the territory of the area of Brussels.

Brussels-Capital Region : Big industrial installations that are reported under the framework of directive 2010/75/EU of 24 november 2010 on industrial emissions (« IED »). This directive aims to prevent and reduce, with an integrated approach, air, water and soil pollution that comes from industrial installations. It gathers different directives focussing on industrial emissions. The dataset consists of the reported installations, but excluding dry cleaning services.