Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in Environmental Research and Water Management

Absalon Damian (), Jankowski Andrzej T. () and Leśniok Mieczysław ()
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Absalon Damian: University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Będzińska 60, 41-200Sosnowiec, Poland
Jankowski Andrzej T.: University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Będzińska 60, 41-200Sosnowiec, Poland
Leśniok Mieczysław: University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Będzińska 60, 41-200Sosnowiec, Poland

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2004, vol. 11, issue 1, 333-347

Abstract: The article presents the content of digital thematic maps: sozological and hydrographic as well as the basic principles of their preparation. It contains selected examples of applications of these maps in the research of natural environment and water management in the Upper Silesia region and its surroundings. This area is one of the most transformed regions due to human economic activity in Europe.

Keywords: GIS; environmental protection; water management; hydrology; thematic maps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2004-0036

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