Identifying Floodplains for Pilot Areas of Lom, Nikopol, Belene and Ruse, Preparation of GIS-Projects for Visualization of Floodplains and Training of Users to Work with Them

Remote Sensing Application Center – RESAC is the contractor of a Contract for Service № Д - 30-234/16.10.2012 with subject: “Identifying floodplains for pilot areas of Lom, Nikopol, Belene and Ruse, preparation of GIS-projects for visualization of floodplains and training of users to work with them” within project “Stakeholder Oriented Flood Risk Assessment for the Danube Floodplains”, SEE A/077/2.1/X, (DANUBE FLOODRISK), financed by Operation Programme “Southeast Europe 2007- 2013”.

Main activities:

• Identifying floodplains of four settlements (Lom, Nikopol, Belene and Ruse) and preparation of illustrative/overview maps of floodplains corresponding to events with a return period of 1000 years and 100 years on orthophoto.
• Preparation of GIS-projects for visualization of floodplains of four settlements (LOM, Nikopol, Belene and Ruse), based on free GIS-software, free to use and working with data compatible with ArcGIS-formats.
• Training of users for work with GIS-projects for floodplains.

The implementation of the contract is coordinated by European and International Projects Directorate of Ministry of Environment and Water (MОEW), managing project DANUBE FLOODRISK.