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Climate is becoming more and more radical today. As a direct result of this phenomenon, flood events occur with growing frequency, compared with the past, not only in Central Europe. Local flood management plans are specific documents which methodically instruct responsible people in what procedures to take before, during, and after a flood event. This article deals with the adjustment of local flood management plans in the Czech Republic using geographical information systems (GIS) for enhancing their information value and thus their usefulness. The article compares the systems for creating flood protection documentation at local levels in Scotland and in the Czech Republic. There are substantial differences between these two countries in the extent of the use of geoinformatics in local flood management plans. From this the necessity of adjusting the project documentation on the Czech side, especially its graphical parts, can be inferred. A proposal of specific GIS implementations designed for a case study of the local flood management plan in Hostašovice is a part of this article.
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Vahalík, P., Janata, P. (2015). Alteration of Graphical Part of Local Flood Management Plans Using Geoinformatics: Scottish and Czech Approaches. In: Brus, J., Vondrakova, A., Vozenilek, V. (eds) Modern Trends in Cartography. Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07926-4_34
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