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The spatial mismatch between available urban land and construction suitability constitutes a persistent challenge in civil engineering and urban planning, exacerbated by proprietary data costs and methodological opacity. This study formalizes a reproducible multi-criteria decision analysis framework leveraging vector datasets to derive quantitative construction site suitability indices through standardized geocomputation workflows. Employing buffer topology operations, Euclidean distance transforms, and weighted l...

Construction marketing requires visual evidence of site potential to secure client commitment, but accessible geospatial tools remain limited for small developers. This study presents a streamlined analysis workflow generating client-ready heatmaps that quantify site attractiveness through standardized metrics: accessibility (road network proximity), visibility (line-of-sight exposure), and neighborhood quality (amenities proximity). Using conventional buffer analysis on crowd-sourced layers, the methodology produ...

The concept of circular economy (CE) is a fundamental change in the way we perceive and manage resources, production, and consumption. The transition to a circular economy is a major challenge at international level, considering the context of limited natural resources and the growth of the global population. As the consumption of resources continues to increase, it is essential to find ways to manage raw materials more efficiently and to reduce the anthropic impact on the environment. In this context, the authors...

The article highlights the critical role of liquidity management in banks and underscores the need for legislative-level changes in regulation and the assessment of climate risks in banks to achieve financial stability. Banks face growing expectations from regulators and society to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria into their business practices, as well as strengthen liquidity and control over climate risks. The article highlights the importance of prioritising the correct regulation o...

This study explores the implementation of AI-driven Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in a mid-sized manufacturing warehouse in the Czech Republic, replacing traditional forklift operations to enhance occupational health and safety (OHS) and optimize internal logistics efficiency. The research integrates advanced indoor geospatial technologies - including LiDAR mapping, real-time positioning (Ultra-Wideband), and spatial data analytics - into warehouse workflows. Although full AMR deployment has not yet been realize...

The present study aims to define a new cost indicator related to the extraction and handling of marble in a quarry located in the Apuan Alps, northern Italy. The analyzed cycle includes all operations required to extract a standard block volume, cutting with wire saws and chain saws, overturning the bench, block squaring, and transport to the yard, carried out using six machines, both for cutting and material handling. The adopted methodology considers costs related to fuel and energy consumption, maintenance, ope...

The article discusses possible ways to increase the potential of small-scale mining of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Currently, their share in the structure of the country-s mining sector does not exceed 1-2 percent, compared with 15-30 percent in a number of foreign countries. The article shows that for the development of small-scale mining in the region, having a large number of different potential small-scale deposits, there is a need to develop a scientifically based concept of their use, with changes in a ...

Practicing rural tourism in mountain areas represents an essential element in their sustainable development, offering economic, social and environmental opportunities that contribute to the revitalization of these regions, the reduction of economic gaps and the value of natural and cultural heritage. This study aims to identify the impact that the development and promotion of rural tourism has on rural mountain communities. The article makes an innovative contribution to understanding how responsible tourism activ...

This paper demonstrates the importance of integrating modern technologies in the management of municipal infrastructures and highlights the significant advantages of using a municipal cadastral information system and an external database. With the help of GNSS technology and the total station, this precision requirement is met. The data from the measurements formed the basis for creating municipal cadastral plans that provide a detailed and accurate representation of the municipal networks. The methodology used in...

Due to limited resources, development is associated with a process of transformation, including the performance of the transformation. In 2015, following the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the political agenda has shifted towards sustainable development for society, which includes environmental criteria. European Union Member States have strengthened the political agenda on sustainable development with the EU Green Deal initiative. Various development indexes could be emp...

We live in a world where, globally, the urban population represents 50% of the Earth's inhabitants, and in 2035, it is expected to represent 75%. In Romania, in 2024, 55.81% of the total population lives in urban areas and the difference in rural areas. In the paper, we set out to create an "x-ray" of the commitments that our country has assumed within the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - Goal 11. Romania must find solutions for the sustainable development of communities, based on environmental education,...

The global society, while continuing operation within the acceptable load on the planet, will not be able to meet the material needs in the future. The circular economy (hereinafter referred to as the CE) may have great potential in solving environmental and economic problems. It is necessary to adopt a system-wide approach aimed at restructuring economic and social relations. The transition to CE will help to save natural resources, minimize waste generation, contribute to achieving a zero-waste society, reduce e...

Remote sensing techniques are increasingly used in land surface monitoring processes. The development of satellite systems has led to increasingly complex research in terms of analysis and monitoring of large land areas, with reduced costs and high efficiency. In this research, a satellite scene from 03.07.2024 taken over by the Landsat 9 remote sensing system was used, the scene identifier being LC09_L2SP_186028_20240730_20240731_02_T1, WRS_PATH 186 and WRS_ROW 28, UTM projection system, Datum WGS84, Ellipsoid WG...

This paper presents the findings of the mapping and evaluation of macrophyte vegetation from Tataru and Uzlina lakes, located within Danube Delta, Romania. Throughout time, the Danube Delta unique ecosystem has endured considerable ecological changes due to natural and anthropogenic stressors. Currently, the potential threats are those related to pollution, agriculture, land use, climate change and subsequently, the proliferation and/or the extinction of many macrophyte species. The excessive development of aquati...

The current research aims to apply cluster analysis using the software ArcGIS in the study of the food industry in Bulgaria for the period 2010 to 2020. The use of clustering methods is necessary to differentiate homogeneous groups of administrative-territorial units of NUTS 3 level on certain indicators to reveal several features and implement specific economic policies and measures for areas of a cluster and others. The grouping of the areas according to the considered indicators was done with the tool Grouping ...

The basis of the natural resource base of the resort and recreational sphere is made up of natural healing resources (mineral waters, mud, brine of lakes and estuaries). In the context of the introduction of the concept of sustainable development, special attention is paid to the assessment of natural conditions and resources, systematization and monitoring of data on natural healing resources of the country. The State Cadastre of natural healing resources is being developed to systematize data, knowledge and info...

The main objective of the study is the analysis of the effects of the geological substrate and of the geomorphological diversity on the characteristics of the vegetation (the diversity of species, the diameter of the trees). The study area is made up of the Cioclovina karst area and the crystalline area near it, which are located in the Dacian Plateau in the ?ureanu Mountains. Within the study, a series of geomorphological variables were calculated to establish geomorphological heterogeneity, namely: slope, slope ...

Modern professional geographic information systems (GIS) include a wide range of well-tuned powerful algorithms for processing and analyzing spatial data, but their use is hampered by the specifics of the information environment in which the GIS data operate. At the same time, web technologies can provide an information environment that will allow users to access GIS software from anywhere in the world. The integration of GIS and web technologies provides greater opportunities for collecting, accumulating and proc...

Strategic environmental assessment is not only an effective mechanism in solving environmental problems, but also a way of implementing the principles of «environmental democracy». It is generally accepted that the concept of «ecological democracy» has gained popularity after the signing of the Aarhus Convention in 1998. The Aarhus Convention is based on three main principles: access to information, public participation and access to justice. To date, most countries in Europe, the CIS, Canada, Ireland, the United ...

The operation is based on the identification of the working area on the old land book plan. This includes the topographic numbers of the area where the building is located and all representative details, namely water courses, roads, road intersections as well as other linear elements well established in time. On the old land book plans, each plot is highlighted with a distinct topographic number, topographic number that is entered in the land register and corresponds with a land book. The old land book plan was dr...

The article attempts to explain different impacts of border effect on different types of borders and the question of whether the border effect has a greater intensity at the national border than at the border between the regions of one country and how big this difference is. The hypothesis was tested on a case study of the Liberec region, located in the Czech Republic at the border with Poland and Germany (part of Euroregion Nisa ? Neisse ? Nysa). For quantifying the border effect, the gravity model of spatial int...

The article shows the stages of creating an interactive map of tourist resources of the Akmola region by using Web-technology. The main tourist resources of the region and methods for their assessment were determined. The tourist resources of the region are represented by natural (geological and geomorphological, climatic, hydrological, botanical), cultural and historical, also socio-economic resources. Evaluation of geological resources was carried out by using the cartographic method (the cartograms mode). To as...

Greenhouse gas emissions are high among global environmental issues, which is also true for Russia. Based on an analysis of government reports on the state and environmental protection of the Russian Federation and on the state and use of the subsoil of the Russian Federation, it has been established that over the past five years at least 70% of greenhouse gas emissions in Russia account for the fuel and energy complex. Significant reductions in the emissions of these gases in industry are very problematic due to ...

The floods are extreme hydro_meteorological phenomena and are more and more common along the rivers. The climate change in the recent years has negatively influenced the way in which the classical weather phenomena have become a danger to communities, infrastructure and environment. The target area of this study is the northern part of the Danube Delta, where three localities prone to flood risk are analyzed - Figure 1. The high water levels on the Danube at certain times of the year may pose a great danger to the...

Most cities in Romania, faced in the post-communist period with changes in the dynamics and functional structure of the city. The transformations after 1990, in terms of territorial planning, reconversion and economic policies, have led to important decisions regarding the industrial platforms. Industrial reconversion is a natural stage in urban evolution in most Eastern European countries with an unstable or very dynamic economy. The post-communist period is marked by the development of services and the regressio...

Moldavian Plain is a region in Romania, with a high number and a great variety of historical monuments. At the same time, is a regi on who suffered strong transformations in the post post-communist period from all points of view. The present paper aims to e valuate the effects of socio socio- economic and political change changes on heritage sites conservation and to combine these results with the natur al risk assessments in order to obtain a map of Heritage sites at risk in Moldavian Plain. We want to focus on r...

Wine has always been a valued commodity, from ancient civilizations, up to current times, both from a quantitative point of view, and a qualitative one. Humans have been cultivating vineyards for thousands of years, with differential success. This has always been dependent on several, mostly natural factors. Even the most resilient varieties of grape vines require some specific conditions to optimally grow, such as climatic factors (including specific growing temperatures, precipitation, sun exposure, number of an...

Metro has a number of advantages, which usually have no other means of transport, but due to the many conditions only some cities can afford to have a subway. At the same time, cities that have this transport system make efforts to expand, which is often a consequence of the development of a given city. Proper analysis of the development of a given city, capturing trends and accurate forecasts regarding spatial development and extent in the long-term perspective are one of the necessary steps enabling correct acti...

The methodology ICZM is the modern approach to the realization of the concept of the sustainable development of marine regions. Modern geoinformation systems (GIS) are the optimal means for presentation of spatially distributed data on an electronic cartographic basis. Complex management of the coastal zone region can be organized on the bases of this data?s for analysis, monitoring and management of a marine health resort. The automated information systems of support and of decision-making are the basis for forma...

Satellite images provide a large amount of data necessary for studies and applications related to fields like meteorology, agriculture, surveying, geodynamics, army etc. The complete data combined with complete software for satellite data processing allow us to create a powerful tool that can be used for taking decisions. Adding software that are able to combine different data coming from various areas, you can obtain an indestructible weapon that can provide you information regarding the environmental monitoring ...

This paper depicts the early phase of development for an integrated system tailored for emergency response actions and remote sensing. This paper focuses on the support system envisioned as an integrated Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) system that consists of one or more ultralight multifunctional aerial units with a configuration that can be adapted to the nature of the intervention: monitoring, mapping, observation and logistics etc. Starting from wing airfoil and material selection and ending with the experimental...

River flash floods and floods are natural events, which are part of the normal regime of the water leakage of a fluvial organism. Depending on the generating causes, they have a different size and a certain frequency of occurrence in time. The target area of the present study is the Sireasa area in the Danube Delta. In that place, a breakage may occur any time in the defensive dam surrounding the enclosure. This is due to the phenomenon of settlement traveled over time, or due to the possibility of occurrence of t...

The article presents practical problems related to the application of REACH and LCA standards in the construction sector. Chemicals are an essential factor in assessing and managing of all kinds of risk due to their importance as components of materials and their various effects, such as: adverse and beneficial, biophysical and socio-economic. The process of reducing of adverse environmental impact of construction sector on the environment is a subject of increasing attention of scientists and companies. It should...

Throughout the last few years, there has been a global trend to preserve protected green areas. Each nation is responsible for ensuring that such areas are not potentially destroyed by faulty social management and development. Therefore, a sustainable future can only be built with sufficient care for green infrastructure, which once destroyed is almost impossible to restore. Communities should thus actively participate towards protecting their local biodiversity and natural habitats, thereby improving their collec...

An important problem of modern civilization is the aging of societies. The effect of this phenomenon is and will be limited access of enterprises to young and middle-aged employees. This problem also applies to coal mine. First and foremost, young and middle-aged employees work in them. Therefore it will be necessary to undertake actions aimed at stopping already working workers and employing older people in the case of shortages. Extending the employment time in mining enterprises requires a proper approach to th...

Technologies based on photogrammetric and remote sensing sensors represent the usual way for obtaining digital height and position data. This paper is dedicated to LiDAR data filtering for a DEM generation. The main purpose is presentation of a semi-automated method of filtering using mathematical and statistical algorithms for a valid data set. The method involves point cloud data filtering and interpolation. The principle of it is to validate an error free data set and construct the DSM from the last pulse refle...

Spatial information became ordinary for everyday use hidden in different kinds of both paper and web maps, navigation, and map applications. People perceive more than 85% of the information by eyesight. Also, the majority of maps is produced for reading with eyes. Visually impaired including blind people perceive the world differently and have the insufficient amount of possible ways how to investigate the surroundings. Also, creating a particular map for blind people is conceptually different, more expensive and ...

The clay consists of the tiniest particles of soil, which have a considerable amount of physical and chemical activity with influence on water and nutrient cycles, observable over several scales. Therefore, the Global Soil Map Project (GSM) has included clay content among the key properties estimated across the world at 100 m resolution. Subsequently, in 2015 the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission produced a clay content map of the soil uppermost layer (called пїЅtopsoilпїЅ), converging towards...

Landslides are common and frequent geomorphic phenomena for the plateau regions in Romania having important consequences, especially economic ones, that needs designing scientific and technical plans for landslide risk mitigation. For this, an important preliminary step is assessing and mapping the landslide susceptibility. This paper examines a plateau zone in eastern Romania providing such a map, based on the landslides inventory, the digital elevation model (DEM) and the thematic layers of several factors thoug...

The application of REACH and LCA systems to the coal waste was presented in this paper. Recent years has brought a growth interest in environmental management systems, which could minimize the negative environmental impact of chemical substances. As a result of that process standards such as REACH and LCA have been developed. Both of those systems are based on different assumptions. LCA refers to the whole life cycle of particular product and in consequence is considered as so-called пїЅfrom cradle to graveпїЅ stu...

Related to assuring the sustainability of our human society the technical field is playing an important role, beside the environmental and socio-economic field. Taking into account the technical field in connection with the social one, special attention has to be paid to the field of cartography. This is becoming more relevant than ever regarding assuring the sustainable development on a regional level because of the need of land property clarifications. A lot of progress has been made in the last years in the fie...

This paper aims comparisons of data obtained by different methods of data acquisition. Will present aspects of quality data obtained with Leica total station ultra 802, with GPS equipment from Leica 1200 Series and comparison of these data with altimetry data obtained using LIDAR technology. Measurements were made in ?ag - Par?a area, of Timi? county, on a length of approximately 4 km and over a width of 50 meters left and right from the center. Using LIDAR technology we can realize 3D models, can be detected and ...

Digitization and publication of old globes on the Internet allows the public a detailed inspection of globes that are normally encountered only in a limited way. In the collections of memory institutions two forms of globes can be found. In the first case there are the classic spherical globes placed in decorative stands. In the second case the globes are stored as a set of globe prints. Such globe prints usually consist of a series of globe gores and two polar caps. This paper deals with the issue of creating dig...

The article presents practical problems related to mines liquidation. This process is the last stage of mining activity. As a result the reduce of negative environmental impact should be obtained. The aim of the study was to demonstrate the complexity of this investment process. The last mentioned is not limited to environmental problems and also applies to the economic and legal issues. There is no doubt that the activity of extracting minerals from deposits is a source of a whole series of adverse environmental ...

With the development of space technologies, satellite information and data from ground geophysical observatories are increasingly being used in scientific studies of various physical processes and, in particular, to identify effects in geophysical fields during periods of seismic activity. In this paper, we recommend to create the geographic information system (GIS) based on modern computer software for collection, processing, visualization and analysis of experimental geophysical terrestrial and satellite data du...

The current article presents two map projections used in Romania mainly for military purposes, namely Lambert-Cholesky (from 1917 to 1931) and Gauss-KrпїЅger (from 1955 to 1971). After a brief description of their individual characteristics and particularities of application in our country, a comparison of the distortions produced by both projections was presented in order to emphasise their various advantages. The accuracy of relief representation using contour lines on maps drawn to scales of 1:20,000 and 1:25,0...

With a cultivated area of over 2x108ha, wheat is the largest crop worldwide by cultivated surface. For wheat crops, the production suffers loss caused by weeds, and depending on the weeding level, the fertilization level can surpass 50% (1). Weed management is just one of the technological components present in any crop technology. Given the biological particularities, wheat crop is mainly weeded with dicotyledonous species. The objective of this paper is the comparative evaluation of the classic method for determ...

The management of construction waste it is at an early stage in urban areas and lacking in rural areas where this fraction is frequently uncontrolled disposed on public lands. Despite the fact some items of construction waste are considered inert for the environment (soil, concrete) it also contains hazardous items (paint additives, cans, and containers) or recyclables (plastics, metals, wood). Potential recovery of this waste stream is high if it is properly managed. The paper estimates the potential amounts of w...

Colours have a unique position among all the principles of map design and visualisation of spatial data. Colours are a part of map language, and they carry the information value. Also, colours are used for creating the hierarchy of map elements by distinguishing the important from the unimportant. Furthermore, colours are a part of the whole graphic design of any visualisation of spatial data. There is a huge number of papers focusing the theoretical basis of colour use in cartography and spatial data visualisatio...

Atlas production is largely a joint work of cartographers and designers. By undertaking the process of atlas production as a GIT project, a team of collaborators might be developed to incorporate experts on GIS, remote sensing, spatial statistics, spatial databases and spatial analysts. Furthermore, when digital atlas production is designed as a web interactive application, the team is extended to include computer developers and web engineers. This paper explores a concept of student team work which integrates var...