RISK MAPS IN THE WATER MANAGEMENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC FROM THE CARTOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | International Conference on Cartography and GIS |
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| Field | Earth magnetism, geography |
| Keywords | Water management; Floods; Risk maps; Cartographic visualuzation; Crisis management |
| Description | The The European Directive on the assessment and management of flood risks of EU Parliament (2007/60/ES) assigns to member states to prepare flood hazard and flood risk maps for areas with significant flood risk. The process of standardization of the flood mapping methods began in the CR several years prior to the directives approval. Apart of the methods, developed for flood risks mapping, there was a question of its presentation. In the CR, there was an endeavour to make the visualization of the scientific hydrological assessment of the land under the flood risk more accessible to various groups of users. Final visualization proposal is thus necessary compromise between cartographical effectiveness and the effort to preserve most of the map content. Paper presents not only parts of the final visualization proposal of the flood hazard and flood risk maps, but also some of the cartographic bifurcations which arisen during its creation and necessary view on the background of the flood risk mapping. |
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