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Forest fires consist a continuous threat for Greece and Mediterranean countries and one of the most serious environmental hazards. Nowadays, the perspective of forest opening up as being an important preventive measure of forest protection, which is a basic pillar of a multipurpose forestry system of the Greek Mediterranean mountains, is gaining ground. The public forest complex in the region of Vria - Ritini of the Pieria Prefecture has been selected as the research area. The present investigation seeks to captur...

This article deals with the study of one of the most complex administrative and legal elements of legal providing of environmental safety of the population as a vital value of humanity in the context of the inadmissibility of weakening the overall national security. This element is studied in correlation to security and the duty of state to guarantee human values in terms of strategic planning, prevention of problematic aspects that threaten public safety, including environmental. In the branches of legal science,...

This paper reflects an analysis of agriculturally lands within the city of Nizhnevartovsk located in the flood zone, based on geographic information mapping.

This article justifies the importance of using geo-information technologies for the analysis of the core-periphery dependencies at the regional level. A conceptual analysis of scientific studies on the centre-peripheral structures of regional economies is carried out. It is shown that under the influence of the factors of globalisation, Russian regions are becoming economically fragmented, are demonstrating a deepening of peripherality. At the same time, the preparation of proposals for regional social and economi...

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...

The fundamental political right guaranteed by the Constitution of the Slovak Republic is the freedom of expression and the right to information, without this right the existence of a genuine democratic establishment is not possible. Democracy and its basic principles, expressed in the Constitution and in the laws of every democratic state, represent a legal institution in terms of the theory of law. As it follows from Article Number 26, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic, freedom of expression ...

The studies for Recent Crustal Movements by the aid of space geodesy techniques are integrated into the researches on the Earth?s crust dynamics, as a reflection of the complex geodynamic phenomena that occur in the crust and in the subcrustal lithosphere. In addition to the fundamental nature, the research in this field presents a practical characteristic, competing alongside geology and geophysics to the shaping of new energy sources or solid mineral substances, to the determination of the soil stability degree ...

The basic influence is consisted from the value chain of products and services which is expanding globally. Business collaboration requires the security of electronic communications in an open and distributed environment. In this respect, electronic documents are required as proof of business communication, in the meantime requiring legal evidence or legal force. At present, even if electronic documents are properly communicated in commercial transactions, the final data about property transaction must be on paper...

Investment environment is crucial for countries to attract investors and for economic growth. Baltic States regained independence in early 90-ties, their sizes are comparable and after almost 30 years as independent countries, it is substantial to judge their investment environment and lessons to learn from each other to ensure long-term sustainable development. The paper analyzes and compares investment environment among three Baltic States. The aim of the paper is to determine current investment environment of t...

The right to a favorable environment advocates the theory of law in the third generation of human rights that emerged in the second half of the twentieth century. Its creation required the need to protect the population from the threats posed by the postmodern era and the post-industrial society. This category is a generation of collective rights based on people's solidarity and the pursuit of a favorable environment. In international discussions, third-generation rights are controversial and not widely recognized...

The current article draws a comparison between the 1970 Stereographic projection and the Double-Stereographic projection implemented in ArcGIS under the name ?Stereo 70?. The former map projection is currently being used in Romania for the execution of geodetic, topographic, photogrammetric and cartographic works. It involves formulae with variable coefficients obtained through Taylor serial development in order to convert geographic coordinates into Cartesian coordinates, while the latter projection uses closed-f...

In the context of global confrontations in which international energy markets are in a complex transition period, on several dimensions: technological, climate, geopolitical and economic, the energy sector is the biggest challenge and concern, not just at European level, but also globally with profound influences on the competitiveness of the economy, the quality of life and the environment. The current legislative framework in Romania on energy sources encompasses the transposition and implementation of European ...

The activity of S.C. Agrobirkenbach SRL started in 2010, following the lease of an area of 183 ha. In the following years, arable land was added in the same area, both in the form of lease and purchase, reaching an area of 831.68 ha in 2015. Out of this area, 80 ha are owned by the company and the difference of 751.68 ha is held as a lease. The present paper aims to make a contribution through the use of modern technologies to the optimisation of area monitoring (lands cultivated with different crops). The agricul...

GIS-technologies in hydrogeology facilitate transformation of methods of cartographic works. At the same time, it is necessary to provide methodological recommendations and guidelines for presentation of geographical features on the digital hydrogeological maps. The hydrogeological maps are constructed on the results of the hydrogeological research with due consideration of geological conditions of the region, aquifers and aquifer systems, aquicludes, linear structural elements and other data. This article is abou...

The article is devoted to the issues of industry environmental self-control legal nature which is traditionally considered one of the forms of environmental control by the Ukrainian environmental law doctrine. The urgency of improving the efficiency of law in this area is due to the authors` contention, according to which environmental control is one of the most promising guarantees for ensuring environmental safety of the environment and human beings by preventing and minimizing the negative impact of environment...

As a part of the Czech Historical Atlas project, the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Prague prepare a printed atlas devoted to the history of the former Czechoslovakia in the 20th century. The atlas is now in the process of creating and reviewing individual maps. This paper deals with the thematic division of the atlas, the use of individual cartographic methods and important notes on the creation of his...

Presently, most electronic navigation charts (ENC) are vector format maps based on the S-57 data model. This model uses the descriptive and spatial characteristics of bodies of water to create hydrographic information which can be used to solve such problems as: marine traffic monitoring, vessel route planning, maritime dangerous situation detection, etc. This paper presents an approach to maritime safety monitoring on the basis of intelligent GIS technology. GIS-oriented systems are often used for maritime safety...

The European Directive 2009/28/EC - promoting the use of renewable energy - creates a common set of rules for the use of renewable energy in the EU. The goal is to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by setting national binding targets for all EU countries with the overall aim of making renewable energy sources account for 20% of the total EU energy needs by 2020. Within this context, the Flemish government wants to stimulate its citizens and its companies to make the transition to the production and use of renew...

This paper focuses on the capabilities of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop databases that support alternative tourism and, in particular, wine tourism in Bulgaria. The main task of the paper is to collect and integrate existing public and open-source graphical and attribute data. We use GIS tools to create a database, an online register, and an interactive map of wineries and wine houses according to Bulgarian laws and tradition. We create a specialized spatial GIS database containing administrative...

Production of energy in Poland is still based on traditional energy sources, such as: hard and brown coal. However, depletion of fossil fuel resources and the problem of excessive emission of carbon dioxide cause that the interest in renewable energy sources (RES) grows. In the recent years awareness of environmental damage caused by conventional energy has increased and a membership in the European Union was an additional stimulus for restructuring of the Polish energy sector. Therefore, the concept of renewable ...

Today the issue of environmental safety has spread into almost all branches of knowledge, including legal. That has certain objective grounds, which are shown mainly in the crisis aggravation of the processes taking place in society and nature, which can be solved only by joint efforts of the entire world community [1]. And it is no coincidence, because the environmental factor is increasingly affecting the evolution of the state. Irreversible changes in the natural environment as a result of human economic activi...

Soil erosion is a natural process that models the land surface, building large geological ensembles and erosion relief from the most trivial to the most obvious forms of erosion that gives the characteristic note of geographical landscapes. Subjected to a continuous disintegration, fragments of rock and fine particles of soil are detached and transported by the movement of diverse masses of material: blown or taken from rainwater, and then transported by streams and rivers and finally submitted along river valleys...

Every year, storm surges, flooding, droughts, and other meteorological natural hazards cause major damages worldwide. Due to climate change, the frequency and intensity of these disasters will increase drastically over the next few decades. Since governments and decision makers are struggling to cope with the effects of these weather disasters as it is, implementing adequate mitigation and adaptation measures that will protect the area against current hazard events as well as future ones, is essential, especially ...

The main aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of flat (UNI) and variable application (VRA) of mineral nitrogen fertilizers (NF) on the yield of winter wheat grain using yield maps. VRA NF technologies represent a wide range of procedures and processes that are a part of precision farming. The technologies are used to optimize the applied NF dose in order to fertilize high-yield crops with regard to their nutritional needs and the condition of the land where they are located. VRA NF on winter wheat fields we...

Correct application of nitrogen fertilizers in crop management on arable land has high importance both from economic and environmental point of view, mainly in the condition of higher spatial variability of farm fields. One of the solutions could be a variable rate application (VRA) of nitrogen fertilizers based on the management zones, which addresses site specific changes in soil properties and crop requirements. The main aim of this study was to analyze the spatial variability of two fields from crop yield maps...

At a global scale, climate change generates extreme events which are more and more dangerous for society. Extreme hydrological and geomorphological phenomena are one of the most common causes of human life loss and material damage as a result of the manifestation of natural hazards around human communities. Floods sometimes cause irreversible damage or completely destroy areas with cultural heritage sites. In Europe, floods are affecting annually a great number of cultural heritage sites or buildings, which lead t...

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...

Geo-questionnaires are increasingly frequently used for geo-referenced studies. Their results can provide the basis for the GIS multi-criteria analysis model, and particularly for the determination of the spatial weights of criteria significance based on proximity adjusted preferences. In the developed method, a ranking of criteria was created based on the results of a geo-questionnaire. The determined weights of criteria significance were then spatially varied based on the analysis of locations indicated in the g...

The experience of introduction of GIS technologies in the regional agriculture system of the Krasnoyarsk Territory is given. The digital model of Experimental Agricultural Enterprise ?Minino? situated near Krasnoyarsk city is formed using geoinformation technologies, remote sensing data and methods, web mapping software tools. The resulting digital model contains relevant information about the agricultural fields, varieties, crops, soil, granulometric composition, soil-forming rocks, conditions of occurrence in re...

Starting with 2008, Romania decided to reduce the hail damage over the agriculture crops in an active way, adopting legislation that allows the use of special rockets to fight hail. The system has now, five units of hail suppression and the increase of precipitation with 68 launching points, distributed around the country and the main aim is to protect valuable crops. The present paper is trying to emphasize which are the land cover categories that benefit from this system if the initial purpose is reflected. We h...

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...

The purpose of the work is to prezent a way in which can be hierarchized the investment projects in accordance with the criteria established by the international financiers based on the Multi-criteria Analysis (MCA). The MCA method is a sound basis for the investment decision-making when it is designing a project proposal. In this research we are used the AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) process of hierarchy the investment projects that can be applied as an interactive method of the multi-criteria analysis. Thus, ...

Over the 21 century, the analysis of human capital has taken on a progressively more central role in discussions regarding the growth and success of nations and regions. The systematic development of human resources has for some time been an important consideration for national policy-makers throughout much of the developed world. Human resources, traditionally known as labour, are vital in order to support and ensure continuous regional economic growth. Human resource development (HRD) refers to the stock of prod...

Background: The group of recipients of enterprises? financial statements is gradually growing on the European and national scale, as well as their expectations towards the information quantity and quality. They also expect increasingly detailed information on enterprise?s impact on the environment (CSR), which translates into an increase in non-financial information disclosures. The European Union has engaged in promoting CSR reporting, both for the social good and raising the competitiveness and innovation of Eur...

It is a well-known fact that green spaces play an important role in the life of a modern city. They improve the air quality and conditions of the urban environment, increase its attractiveness, promote preservation of the landscape biodiversity and provide favourable conditions for recreation of the population. However, the issue of streamlining the indicative information about the green areas of cities (town) within the country, including its cartographical visualization and popularization for the population at l...

Creating roads in agricultural land covers many aspects like legal eligibility, planning and design, road safety, quality assurance, mobilization of resources, environmental protection, social contribution, maintenance management, research and development provision, etc. Currently, the issue of construction agricultural roads is underestimated. Priority is given to highway construction. Society is not institutionally, scientifically and resource prepared to promote this process. The goal of the paper is to examine...

Historical land-use and land-cover are the key input for the evaluation of past global change and nowadays processes. These studies lie in the intersection of physical and social geography, economy, history and archeology. The original combination of GIS technologies within landscape, historical, archaeological, paleogeographic methods forms the methodological basis of research. The main practical task is to identify the relations between landscape features and different types of environmental management and settl...

Before the beginning of the 2000s, in the process of acquiring land in Russia, the main risks, that had to be analyzed and taken into account, were risks associated with the registration of land and with encumbrances. Issues, related to the ability to build on the land some constructed objects and carry out economic and other activities, as a rule, were not analyzed. The presence of zones with a special regime of land use allocated for environmental and sanitary requirements can significantly affect the achievemen...

This paper demonstrates stable intra-field heterogeneity maps constructed during the analysis of large satellite data. The analysis of the effectiveness of the use of maps of stable intra-field heterogeneity of soil fertility in systems of precision farming has been made. It is shown that on the basis of maps of stable intra-field heterogeneity, it is possible to construct task maps for precision farming. The economic efficiency of the use of task maps for the differentiated input of chemicals was calculated. The ...

Crete is well known as a possessor of one of the most ancient cultural layers of Ancient Greece. At the same time the oldest cultural stages at Crete are quite different. These differences are most often identified in the outstanding archaeological cultures of the Bronze Age, complemented by a large number of high value historical monuments. In contrast, the historical period between Prehistoric Crete and Minoan Civilization is studied only fragmentary. The evidence and ruins of monuments of this final stage of th...

Economic diversification is considered as a model of modern rural development in the European Union and in Bulgaria. It is perceived as a process of increasing the variety of economic activities in the sectors of the rural economy. The creation of stable sectors represented by a variety of production activities, marks the contemporary socio-economic development of rural areas. This is the reason why economic diversification finds its place in the rural development policy of the European Union (EU) and Bulgaria. Th...

Air temperature influences a variety of environmental processes, having a significant impact on the conditions of living of humans and other life forms. The Brazilian Northeast is a region that comprises a diversity of ecosystems, but it is most known as a semi-arid area characterized by severe environmental conditions. This work proposes to model air temperature in Brazilian Northeast to evaluate changing patterns between 2000 and 2017 using two interpolation techniques and comparing them. Monthly average tempera...

In recent years there has been a renewed interest in utilitarian cycling due to its recognized potential in the reduction of energy consumption and pollution in the cities. BikeBike-sharing systems generate a large amount of data which can be used to improve the systems themselves, or to improve the body of knowledge on urban mobility. The open data automatically generated by the Brussel's bike bike-sharing system (Villo) is explored through spatial regression models of the number of bicycle trips at stations. The...

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...

This article deals with the features of legal regulation of administrative liability for environmental offenses in the Russian Federation, as well as the main difficulties encountered of its implementation. The legislator is paying more and more attention to ensuring environmental safety as one of the most important directions of the domestic policy. In this paper there is a conclusion about the variety of legal acts in this sphere at the present stage. Also the authors determine the main modern theoretical and pr...

The article is devoted to the study of the legal framework of the Russian state, designed to ensure the sustainable development of the Arctic territories. According to the authors of this article, the desire to ensure the sustainable development of the Arctic zone was the basis for the adoption of a number of important strategic documents containing the requirements of environmental safety in the implementation of economic activities in the Russian Arctic. At the same time, the authors note the weaknesses in manag...

Over the past few years, Russia has adopted some fundamental strategic documents to ensure the development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation (the Russian Arctic). The documents put forward the tasks of using the Russian Arctic as a strategic resource base for the socio-economic development of the country, with the importance of preserving the Arctic as a zone of peace and cooperation as well as saving local unique ecosystems. At the same time, the priority task of developing the Russian Arctic and ensur...

The Alternative tourism works in conditions of complex, dynaamic and difficult foreseeable environment. This necessitates analysis of the Supply Chain System (SCS) parameters and research on possibilities for modelling in optimal range. To achieve the aims and objectives of Tourism SCS is particularly important Distribution Network Structure (DNS). Alternative tourism characteristics and complex nature of Green Lodges and Guesthouses require integrative approach for analysis of the SCS. This scientific research pr...

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 funds for disbursement of unused amounts must be required by the need for population mobility to provide a rich set of spatial solutions for separate regions living in the country. This determines the size of this type of transport in its domestic, labor, educational and other daily routine. Against the backdrop of global improvements in the handling of goods transport from all countries, there is a downward trend both for the passengers and freight forwarders. This applies to the degree of retention of areas ...