ECO-GEOWATER Euro Conference

"GI for International River Basin Management in the Danube Basin"

About the conference

The conference is intended to demonstrate the integration of geoinformatics (GI) into different water engineering areas: implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), river basin management, natural hazards, water resources assessment and water use management. The topics focus on the use of GI in the context of international river basins such as the Danube Basin. This EuroConference is the closing event of the ECO-GEOWATER initiative, which has been providing scientific forums on GIS for Water Research for experts, scientists and young researchers.

Host

Organised as a joint effort of BUTE Budapest University of Technology and Economics and GISIG Geographical Information Systems International Group, the event is hosted by the Department of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering at BUTE, in Budapest, Hungary.

GIS and river basin management. Co-ordination of international river basin management plans. Obligations and implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD). Definition of the GI needs of the Water Framework Directive. GIS for visualization and analysis. Scaling problems. GIS in European, national and river basin level. GIS in large river basins.
GIS and water resources assessment. New water resources assessment approaches required by the Water Framework Directive and role of GI (identification of river basin districts and water bodies, designation of heavily modified water bodies, assessment of ecological status, inventory of the protected areas, analysis of pressures and impacts). Implementation in large international river basins. Cartographic systems for the management plans of international river basins. Data collection, dissemination and transfer to basin-wide maps. Mapping surface and subsurface water resources. International lake management programmes.
GIS and natural hazards. Implementation of the European Flood Initiative. Role of the GIS in the planning and implementation of flood plain reactivation, flood prevention and protection, especially on transboundary floodplains. Spatial analysis of the environmental impacts of floods and inland spills. Integration of land use maps and digital elevation models into numerical models. Flood hazard maps, flood scenario management. GIS for drought management.
GIS and integrated water use management. Role of GIS in technological networks, urban waste water drainage and treatment, water quality control with basin-level implications. Impact of human activities, international monitoring networks.
Education of GIS for the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. Education of WFD and education of GIS. Role of GIS in the implementation of the public participation provisions of the Water Framework Directive. GIS in the media.