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are joined together in the frame of this strategy. Geoinformatical analyses in the
POVIS geodatabase are implemented in the flood zones modeling along the main
watercourses—they are provided by the T.G. Masaryk Water Research Institute
(V
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VTGM). Among other implemented modules of GIS in the national informa-
tion system there are climate analyses, weather forecasts and flood forecasting
service provided by the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (
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HM
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).
At lower levels, i.e. in the regions and municipalities with the extended powers,
regional and municipal flood management plans are created. They develop the
administrative strategy for basins of specific watercourses. Geoinformatics is
implemented there by their connection to POVIS.
At the lowest organizational level, local flood management plans are designed.
They are produced by physical persons or by design offices. These plans must be in
accordance with the superordinate municipal and regional flood management
plans—and river administrators, i.e. basin administrators or the state enterprise
Forests of the Czech Republic S.E., need to approve them. The extent of imple-
mentation of geoinformatics in these plans is quite variable, depending on the
specific designer or design office. The GIS analyses are often restricted just to the
connection with the POVIS system where one can find just the flood models of the
main watercourses—the analyses of the flood zones of smaller streams, and thus the
analyses of the buildings under threat, are completely missing. These flood zones
are then selected on the basis of historical experience only. Analyses of surface
accumulated water wash-down are missing at all.
Structure of Administration and Creation of Flood
Management Documentation in Scotland
The process of changes to and authorization of the nation-wide concept of the flood
protection strategy in Scotland is carried out by the state-owned organization of
Scottish Natural Heritage. This organization handles conflicts at the national level
between the flood protection issues and the environment. The strategy of creation of
the flood management documentation at all levels is regulated by the Scottish
Parliament in the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009. This act gives
not only the standards and concept-related issues for the creation of flood manage-
ment documentation, but also the time frame and organizational structure for the
preparation of the project documentation at all levels. The national flood protection
geodatabase, containing the analytical outputs for all the watercourses flowing
through build-up areas, all buildings under threat, all historical flood events, the
information on the detour routes or evacuation centers, should be finished and
available to the public by 2016.
The creation of the local flood management plans of all the populated areas with
potential flood risk is guaranteed by the state organization Scottish Environmental
Protection Agency (SEPA), with 24 branch offices throughout all Scotland, and by
