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This work provides a description of data and processes used to produce a database that delineates geo-environmental related features covering the geographical context of the island of Crete in South Aegean. Since 1996, the Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) of the Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (F.O.R.T.H.) and more recently...
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... data and their presentation in a WEB_GIS environment (Fig. 4.). Since a number of meteorological stations from both the National Meteorological Service and the Department of Hydrology of the Ministry of Agriculture are located in similar location but they have different recording systems, both datasets are displayed for comparison reasons (Fig. 5). Moreover, the final user of the system is able to produce graphical charts of the variation of the meteorological parameters in time (Fig. 6) for both data providers. ...
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... The climatic zones of Crete were derived from analysis of seasonal mean temperature (1950-2000) and rainfall (1930-2000), as raster data layers ( Soupios et al., 2005;Sarris et al., 2006). The climatic classification was based on the update Koppen-Geiger approach suggested by Kottek et al. (2006), using monthly temperature averages and monthly precipitation totals, as raster data layers ( Köppen, 1936;Geiger, 1954) ( Fig. 3). ...
... Currently, the urban center covers an area of about 7.5 square kilometers and has a population density of about 7,100 people/sq. km. 4. Geophysical data from previous studies (Papadopoulos et al. 2005; Sarris et al. 2005 Sarris et al. , 2006a Soupios et al. 2005 Soupios et al. , 2008) were collected, evaluated, analyzed and used in order to verify and refine the geological and tectonic information provided by the generalized geological maps. Specifically, electrical resistivity tomographies (ERT), seismic refraction measurements, spectral analysis of surface waves (SASW) applying linear configuration and horizontal to vertical spectral ratio (HVSR) measurements were acquired in the past in the urban area of Chania city to determine the shallow tectonic regime of the area under investigation and the general characteristics (geometrical, lithological, etc.) of the subsurface. ...
The earthquake vulnerability and the seismic risk assessment for the urban center of Chania in the island of Crete is approached
through the development of a GIS-based application that takes into consideration the structural and geological domain of the
region. Considering a localized model, the various structural and geomorphologic attributes of the region were assigned specific
weights of significance that allowed the creation of a modular application that was tested for the city of Chania, and it
was verified based on the recent seismic activity of the area. The proposed risk map and model can become a significant tool
for confronting crises resulting from future earthquake incidences.
KeywordsEarthquake vulnerability-Seismic risk-GIS-Chania-Crete
... Thus it is destined to be used by all institutions that operate in this activity domain. In the past years GIS developed consistently becoming very accessible and spread in many institutions [4] ...
... In the past years GIS developed consistently becoming very accessible and spread in many institutions [4]. The easy access to GIS determined specialists to create their own databases and workflow, which is considered a good background for the new demands. ...
Groundwater resource represents a major component of the quantitative and qualitative integrated water resource management. In the context of the climate changes the surface water resources become scarce or too expensive even within complex hydraulic schemes. Consequently groundwater resource is extremely valuable for drinking water and other demands for clean water. In order to have an efficient management, an integrated approach is needed taking into consideration all aspects that are related to groundwater resource. GIS offers tools for such an objective like an Enterprise Geodatabase unitary structure. As EU member Romania has to adopt and apply EU regulations including technology (like spatial data formats). This paper presents a standard for storage of data regarding groundwater management at national level. Three different case studies based on this approach are presented in order to reveal the use of a common data source for different models and analysis.
