Remote sensing technology serves as a powerful tool for analyzing geospatial characteristics of flood inundation events at various scales. However, the performance of remote sensing methods depends heavily on the flood characteristics and landscape settings. Difficulties might be encountered in mapping the extent of localized flooding with shallow water on riverine floodplain areas, where patch...

The concept of nature as "totally other" -the man-nature dualism -is a basic presupposition of the Modern worldview. It is an obstacle to planning for environmental sustainability. In the framework of this worldview solutions to the environmental crisis are monistic strategies that at best bridge man and nature. These strategies, in addressing only the outer reality of the environmental crisis,...

After the 2000s, launch of very high-resolution satellites provided great water and irrigation network management personnel opportunities. Now, staff have opportunity to study monitor supply systems exploitation conditions remotely via satellite imagery. By using those images, specialists can search for bodies, detect defected place systems, their technical condition. Another advantage imagery ...