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Worn out textures are considered as one of the main problems of Iranian cities. Apart from factors impacting the exhausted pa rts, this problem accelerates the urban difficulties in many cities and towns of Iran. It also is considered as a barrier for sustainable urban development. Worn out textures have created many problems for urban authorities as well as residents, so, it would be necessary to take them into account for more considerations. The present research is an attempt to recognize the worn out textures ...

Natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hu rricanes, flash floods, volcanic eruptions and landslides have always cons tituted a major problem in many developing and developed countries. Flood disaster has very special place in natural hazards and is considered as a major natural hazard due to its devastating effects on the affected area. Its effected area is not bounded; it is an unusual event of river basin. Flood related problems and many other applications proved that these problems could be solved through plan...

Nowadays some novelties on computer technology and new softwares have exposed “modern cartography” term. Generally all existing data are recorded digital areas. At the study, raster /vector data transformations, obtaining of digital data, and evaluating and analyzing of new methods have been discussed and exemplified in detail. At the result, outcomes and suggestions of the applications will be illustrated.

Some compounds especially sulphur dioxide (SO2) is considered as typical indicators of the urban air quality. To inform decisions re garding, for instance, the protection of public health from elevated SO 2 levels in Balikesir, high-resolution maps are necessary. Therefore, the main objectives of this paper were to: (1) analyze th e spatial distribution of SO2 levels using geostatistical techniques; (2 ) incorporate this in formation in a GIS to produce accurate SO 2. Geostatistics provides useful technique to get...

In this survey, analysis of statistical results of water resource has been conducted in "Bastam" study area in Semnan province. This water resource includes well, spring, kanat, divergence stream from river, dike, diversion dam and pumping station. This statistical result was conducted according to the standard forms of power ministry of Iran in the desert and the recorded information is prepared into a database, on basis of 1:50000 maps in GIS environment for spatial and descriptive analysis. In addition, by surv...

Climate is result of effects of aero-logy phenomenal and view intermediate atmosphere in ideal area. Climate have wide meanings and cover aero-logy parameters like physical, chemical and may be biological factors and it could expressed that nowadays lot’s of different ways have been based for characterizing climate. In this research by employing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and also Du marten \& selyaninov climatology methods, microzonation of Halvan study area, which has located in central basin of Iran...

Slovak republic committed to implement into legislative direction of European parliament and European Council 2006/21/ES from March of 15th of 2006. The direction contains conditions about disposal with wastes of mining industry, which changes and adds direction 2004/35/ES. This legislative required creation of complex evaluation methodology of different types of mining wastes. Tailing pond represents area for permanently or temporary deposition of mainly hydraulically consigned mud/sediment (waste). Consigned mud...

The paper deals with specific issues concerning the introduction of cadastre development in Romania in terms of market economy and integration in the European community. The paper addresses the historical stages of different land works, the present situation and future courses of action. Achieving accuracy in conditions of adequate infrastructure in Romania is influenced by specialized methods and apparatuses used in making observations, their processing and implementation of related documentation.

Edirne, which is one of the bigest city in western Turkey (Figure 1), has been damaged by floods and flashfloods with an increasing frequency and intensity over the years. This study was prepared as a preliminary investigation and aimed to research the floods and flooding in Edirne city (Turkey). For creating the topographic database in Geographic Information System (GIS), 1/25000 and 1/250000 scale topographic maps and satellite images was used. Subbasins areas of Meric River and flood area in Edirne city center ...

Research was conducted into application of genetic algorithm to determine the optimal transformation parameters that are needed for georeferencing scanograms and various digital images. An algorithm based on techique of surface matching was developed, instead of conventional methods using control points. Tests were conducted using the segment of topographic map, produced in time of Austro-Hungarian Empire (represented by numerical model) and modern DEM of Sarajevo Canton. Due to relatively coarse resolution of use...

The general trend of GIS development seems to indicate that it will continue to become easier to use, more intuitive, more analytic, more embedded within a variety of technologies. The latest development in GIS application added an extra dimension to a conventional GIS by using technology of multimedia and virtual reality. The interactive form of decision making taps the widely recognized trend of GIS application from an operational support system to a strategic decision support system.

OMV Petrom S.A. is the largest integrated oil and gas company in Romania, having Exploration and Production activities (onshore and offshore) in Romania as well as in Kazakhstan and Russia. In 2004 Petrom S.A. became part of the OMV Group, the largest oil and gas producer in Central - Eastern Europe. To find, develop and operate new production, an oil and gas company must understand needed infrastructure, business conditions and environmental factors within a given geographic framework. The OMV Petrom GIS group’...

Mozambique is one of the most vulnerable countries to natural catastrophes in the world with second highest annual per capita death rate from disasters, 328 deaths per million, ranking only below the P.D.R of Korea; Flood disasters are responsible for half the fatalities and a third of the economical losses from natural disasters worldwide (UNDP, 2004). The Limpopo basin, one of the nine international rivers shared by Mozambique is the second large within the country and it benefits about 5\% of the national popul...

Recognition of urban rusty textures due to degradation of urban and environmental general appearance, and also the necessity of planning for their destruction or reform due to their low resistance against natural disasters such as flood, earthquake, etc., are important. The first step for recognition of these textures as spatial objects is to provide mapping the extents of old textures and to evaluate their surface areas, followed by computation and evaluation of their destruction or reform costs. Modern scientifi...

The growing concern for the preservation of heritage in face of natural hazards led to the appearance of the Regional Framework Operation (OQR) NOE - Heritage and Prevention of Natural Hazards under the Community Initiative INTERREG III C. The OQR NOE, led by the Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur (PACA, France) region, together with the Northern Portuguese regional coordination agency (CCDR-N), Molise and Sicily regions (Italy) and eastern region of Attica (Greece) aimed at developing preventive measures to safeguard t...

As a foundation material, gypsum differs from other rocks in that voids may be found at almost any depth within the rock mass. Collapse structures in gypsum terrains are the most serious geological hazards because they can damage engineering structures, settlement areas, natural lakes, and allow infiltration of contaminant into the groundwater. Collapse and subsidence may occur in the course of time or suddenly and catastrophically. Presentation of engineering geological data in the form of a hazard map is a usefu...

The paper aims to point out the utilization of needed geofactors in land-use planning, which represent important limiting conditions for future activities in interest areas, especially in terms of construction of future structures. Through the departments of land-use planning or building offices, a developer or investor should be informed about significant limiting natural factors, which may affect the implementation of the future constructional work as well as the choice of the building lot. Those conditions natu...

Romania’s joining the European Union implies its convergence with the economic European Space, both at a nominal and at a real space. The IMPACT programme stimulates the development of living research development projects and innovation through which directions of the Lisbon strategy of the European Union may contribute to improve the process of convergence and reduce regional disparities by absorbing structural funds devoted to research, technological development and innovation. The Valahia University of Targov...

Regional development problems constitutes in present days, one of the major issues of European Union activity. As consequence, a country which strives to the European Union member statue must integrate in the spirit of European realities, showing an outstanding interest to prepare its ground in the spirit of Union’s requirements for her member’s countries, developing a coherent and active regional policy. Therefore the work follows to identify the main action directions of European Union regarding the regional...

The paper presents the present state in Romania of the environment from the point of view of the air quality and of the water quality. The policy of the European Union regarding the environment as it is reflected in the Treaty of the European Community focuses on a durable development by including the environment protection in the communitarian district policies In order to fulfill these objective high quality standards for the environment should be imposed. There should also be observed some principles such as вЂ...

The concept of labour occupation has know different approaches, developments, completions, contradictory opinions, pointing out a high degree of complexity. To begin with, occupation is a means, labour being a fundamental factor of any development. Then, a lasting development cannot be acquired through waste. In the third way, lasting development is undoubtedly connected to the amount of the income. Finally, environment protection is a field necessary to any economy; as economic development bears fruit, jobs conne...