The usage of the historical cartographic datasets and the remote sensing data for the better understanding and mapping of the 2006 Danube floods in Romania

Crǎciunescu, Vasile; Flueraru, C.; Stăncălie, Gheorghe

doi:10.1556/ageod.45.2010.1.16

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“…Present-day aquatic systems management aims to broaden its scientific basis, because utilitarian and reductionistic water engineering has led to several problems (Sear and Arnell, 2006). Part of this scientific basis is the fusion of hydro-engineering and hydro-geomorphology (Gilvear, 1999;James, 1999) and also the acceptance of palaeohydrology as a science in its own right with implications for current water resource management (Gregory and Benito, 2003a;Sear and Arnell, 2006 used to assign rough probabilities to their recurrence in the future (Gregory and Benito, 2003b;Craciunescu et al, 2010). In many cases, modern river management is difficult because little or no quantitative information exists on the natural sediment dynamics of the river before artificial modification.…”

Section: Hydro-engineeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some of these studies remain in the geomorphology domain (Petrovszki et al, 2012;Petrovszki and Timár, 2010;Timár, 2003;Szabó et al, 2004;Timár et al, 2001), but cases exist where human influence is taken into account (Comiti et al, 2011;Ziliani and Surian, 2012;Kiss et al, 2008) or water resource management is the question in focus (Timár and Gábris, 2008;Craciunescu et al, 2010;Day et al, 1990;Zlinszky andMolnár, 2008, 2009). Based on the interpretation of historic maps, ecological changes caused by human interventions in river and lake systems can also be quantified (Bravard et al, 1986;Dömötörfy et al, 2003;Comiti et al, 2011;Gimmi et al, 2011).…”

Section: Breakthrough 3: Digital Georeferencing Processing and Distrmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most such studies deal with 1-2 centuries, based on surveys with known mathematical and geodetic backgrounds (Ziliani and Surian, 2012;Craciunescu et al, 2010;Comiti et al, 2011;Bravard, 2010;Gimmi et al, 2011). In some countries where older cartographic records are also well preserved, it is possible to span 500 or even 800 yr, with spatial accuracies sufficient for quantitative analysis (Longhitano and Colella, 2007;Bondesan and Furlanetto, 2012;Timár et al, 2008b;Székely, 2009;Armas et al, 2013;Kovács, 2010).…”

Section: Time Spanmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Historic maps as a data source for socio-hydrology: a case study of the Lake Balaton wetland system, Hungary

Zlinszky

Timár

2013

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. Socio-hydrology is the science of human influence on hydrology and the influence of the water cycle on human social systems. This newly emerging discipline inherently involves a historic perspective, often focusing on timescales of several centuries. While data on human history is typically available for this time frame, gathering information on the hydrological situation during such a period can prove difficult: measured hydrological data for such long periods are rare, while models and secondary data sets from geomorphology, pedology or archaeology are typically not accurate enough over such a short time. In the first part of this study, the use of historic maps in hydrology is reviewed. Major breakthroughs were the acceptance of historic map content as valid data, the use of preserved features for investigating situations earlier than the map, and the onset of digital georeferencing and data integration. Historic maps can be primary quantitative sources of hydro-geomorphological information, they can provide a context for point-based measurements over larger areas, and they can deliver time series for a better understanding of change scenarios.In the second part, a case study is presented: water level fluctuations of Lake Balaton were reconstructed from maps, levelling logs and other documents. An 18th century map system of the whole 5700 km 2 catchment was georeferenced, integrated with two 19th century map systems, and wetlands, forests and open water digitized. Changes in wetland area were compared with lake water level changes in a 220 yr time series. Historic maps show that the water level of the lake was closer to present-day levels than expected, and that wetland loss pre-dates drainage of the lake.The present and future role of historic maps is discussed. Historic hydrological data has to be treated with caution: while it is possible to learn form the past, the assumption that future changes will be like past changes does not always hold. Nevertheless, old maps are relatively accessible data sets and the knowledge base for using them is rapidly growing, and it can be expected that long-term time series will be established by integrating georeferenced map systems over large areas.In the Appendix, a step-by-step guide to using historic maps in hydrology is given, starting from finding a map, through georeferencing and processing the map to publication of the results.

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Section: Hydro-engineeringmentioning

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Section: Breakthrough 3: Digital Georeferencing Processing and Distrmentioning

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Section: Time Spanmentioning

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Historic maps as a data source for socio-hydrology: a case study of the Lake Balaton wetland system, Hungary

Zlinszky

Timár

2013

Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.

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“…Part of this scientific basis is the fusion of hydro-engineering and hydro-geomorphology (Gilvear, 1999;James, 1999) and also the acceptance of palaeohydrology as a science in its own right with implications for current water resource management (Gregory and Benito, 2003a;Sear and Arnell, 2006). A good estimate of future extreme events is necessary for river engineering, and palaeohydrological quantifications of such events can be used to assign rough probabilities to their recurrence in the future (Gregory and Benito, 2003b;Craciunescu et al, 2010).…”

Section: Hydro-engineeringmentioning

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Historic maps as a data source for socio-hydrology: a case study of the Lake Balaton wetland system, Hungary

Zlinszky¹,

Timár²

2013

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Socio-hydrology is the science of human influence on the water cycle and the influence of the water cycle on human social systems. This newly emerging discipline inherently involves a historic perspective, often focusing on time scales of several centuries. While data on human history is typically available for this time frame, gathering information on the hydrological situation during such a period can prove difficult: measured hydrological data for such long periods are rare, while models and secondary datasets from geomorphology, pedology or archaeology are typically not accurate enough over such a short period. In the first part of this study, the use of historic maps in hydrology is reviewed. Major breakthroughs were the acceptance of historic map content as valid data, the use of preserved features for investigating situations earlier than the map, and the onset of digital georeferencing and data integration. Historic maps can be primary quantitative sources of hydro-geomorphological information, they can provide a context for point-based measurements over larger areas, and they can deliver time series for a better understanding of change scenarios.

In the second part, a case study is presented: Water level fluctuations of Lake Balaton were reconstructed from maps, levelling logs and other documents. An 18th century map system of the whole 5700 km² catchment was georeferenced, integrated with two 19th century map systems and wetlands, forests and open water digitized. Changes in wetland area were compared with lake water level changes in a 220 yr time series. Historic maps show that the water level of the lake was closer to present-day levels than expected, and that wetland loss pre-dates drainage of the lake.

The present and future role of historic maps is discussed. Historic hydrological data has to be treated with caution: while it is possible to learn from the past, the assumption that future changes will be like past changes does not always hold. Nevertheless, old maps are relatively accessible datasets and the knowledge base for using them is rapidly growing, and it can be expected that long-term time series will be established by integrating georeferenced map systems over large areas.

In the Appendix, a step-by-step guide to using historic maps in hydrology is given, starting from finding a map, through georeferencing and processing the map to publication of the results

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“…Most of the large alluvial plains, mixed with marshlands and small lakes, along the Romanian side of Danube, have been affected by river embankments, drainage systems and urban sprawling. As a consequence, an important strip of land (width ranges from 1 to 10 km in our study area), once a wetland prone to floods, was converted to arable land (Craciunescu et al, 2010). The radical transformation of the Danube floodplain affected not only the region, but also the mindset of the local population (Constantinescu et al, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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MODIS-based multi-parametric platform for mapping of flood affected areas. Case study: 2006 Danube extreme flood in Romania

Crǎciunescu

Stăncălie

Irimescu

et al. 2016

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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Flooding remains the most widely distributed natural hazard in Europe, leading to significant economic and social impact. Earth observation data is presently capable of making fundamental contributions towards reducing the detrimental effects of extreme floods. Technological advance makes development of online services able to process high volumes of satellite data without the need of dedicated desktop software licenses possible. The main objective of the case study is to present and evaluate a methodology for mapping of flooded areas based on MODIS satellite images derived indices and using state-of-the-art geospatial web services. The methodology and the developed platform were tested with data for the historical flood event that affected the Danube floodplain in 2006 in Romania. The results proved that, despite the relative coarse resolution, MODIS data is very useful for mapping the development flooded area in large plain floods. Moreover it was shown, that the possibility to adapt and combine the existing global algorithms for flood detection to fit the local conditions is extremely important to obtain accurate results.

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The usage of the historical cartographic datasets and the remote sensing data for the better understanding and mapping of the 2006 Danube floods in Romania

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Historic maps as a data source for socio-hydrology: a case study of the Lake Balaton wetland system, Hungary

Historic maps as a data source for socio-hydrology: a case study of the Lake Balaton wetland system, Hungary

Historic maps as a data source for socio-hydrology: a case study of the Lake Balaton wetland system, Hungary

MODIS-based multi-parametric platform for mapping of flood affected areas. Case study: 2006 Danube extreme flood in Romania

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