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| G4B - Grasslands for biodiversity: supporting the protection of the biodiversity-rich grasslands and related management practices in the Alps and Carpathians | |
| Duration: | 1. 4. 2023 - 31. 3. 2026 |
| Evidence number: | Biodiversa2021-532 |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Opravil Šimon, Mgr. Pazúrová Zuzana, PhD., Mgr. Šuška Pavel, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, Ukraine |
| 3DForEcoTech - Three-dimensional forest ecosystem monitoring and better understanding by terrestrial-based technologies | |
| Duration: | 13. 10. 2021 - 12. 10. 2025 |
| Evidence number: | COST Action CA20118 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Forest ecosystems across the world are facing high pressures due to climate changes. In many areas, they are in a transition to adopt the changes. However, many are damaged in this process. It is crucial to make forest ecosystems more resistant to face these challenges, through resilience strengthening and close-to-nature forestry. Implementing such approaches and monitoring their progress requires accurate knowledge about forest ecosystems that rely on a forest in situ data at high spatial and temporal resolution.Novel terrestrial-based technologies will play an important part to face these challenges. Such technologies have experienced a fast development in recent years. The forests can now be observed and monitored in a very high spatial and temporal resolution that was not possible even a few years ago. Researchers and practitioners are facing a unique opportunity to deepen the understanding of forest ecosystems and to change the forestry to adopt the climate, environment and industrial changes. Various research groups across EU and beyond are testing such technologies or developing processing algorithms for precision forestry and forest ecology. But further cooperation is strongly required.3DForEcoTech project aims to establish a strong network of scientists and stakeholders (i.e. practitioners) and sensor manufacturers to synchronise the knowledge, to develop general protocols and algorithms for forest ecosystem state survey and forest functioning, and to make these novel technologies available to a broad audience. Specifically, 3DForEcoTech will develop protocols for data acquisition, processing, fusion for forest inventory and ecological applications, and will establish open-data and open-source algorithm databases. |
| Project website: | www.cost.eu/actions/CA20118 |
| LAPIA - Land cover change monitoring for identification of potential illegal activities in Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 15. 2. 2023 - 14. 8. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Ing. Szatmári Daniel, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD., Ing. Nováček Jozef, Mgr. Opravil Šimon, Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD., Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The number of satellite-based remotely sensed datasets available for land cover (LC) change identification has increased markedly since the launch of the first Landsat satellite. Many change detection techniques have been developed and applied during this period to assess LC changes. Human impact on landscape causes categorical changes in its use: change of one type of landscape to another, e. g. arable land to built-up area. As such changes may influence the condition of the landscape, it is important to determine where and to what extent they take place. Legal changes in landscape involve planning and recording in the Land Register, agricultural, forestry or water economic plans. However, the landscape is ever more frequently attacked by illegal human interventions, and their tracking may be difficult because of remoteness, difficult access, etc. Nowadays, various methods of LC change identification are applied. The most progressive ones combine remotely sensed data (optical and radar) with data from environmental databases, thematic maps and field survey. This approach is also suitable for the identification of LC changes caused by illegal human activities in the landscape: (i) illegal dumps; (ii) illegally ploughed protected meadows; (iii) illegal clear-cuts of non-forest tree vegetation in the agricultural landscape. |
| Partner countries: | Slovakia |
| TMP4LAPIA - The Third-Party Missions Datasets for Identification of Potential Illegal Activities in Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 1. 8. 2023 - 31. 7. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | PP0091672 |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., Mgr. Opravil Šimon, Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD., Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD., Ing. Szatmári Daniel, PhD. |
| Increasing the capacity of freight transportation infrastructure on EU-Ukraine borders | |
| Duration: | 1. 10. 2022 - 31. 3. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | 22220189 |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Increasing the capacity of freight transportation infrastructure will strengthen the EU-Ukraine connectivity. The project provides for a study ofprospects for capacity building of existing border crossing points and opening new ones. It also focuses on the investigation of the potential of existingand planned network of transshipment and multimodal terminals in Ukraine and neighboring EU member states (three of which are countries of the V4region), and on the assessment of prospects for adaptation of the European and Ukrainian freight markets to the requirements of the European GreenDeal. |
| Partner countries: | Hungary, Poland, Romania |
| Project website: | http://www.geography.sav.sk/en/research/projects/projects-websites/freight-eu-ua/ |
| Geotouristic potential of Podtatrze area and the possibilities of its development | |
| Duration: | 3. 10. 2022 - 29. 3. 2024 |
| Evidence number: | 22220059 |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Novotný Ján, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD., RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc. |
| Annotation: | Podtatrze is a bordering area surrounding the Tatra Mountains, which includes four historical and cultural regions: Podhale, Orava, Liptov and Spiš. This area is also characterized by a long tradition associated with tourism and exploration of the highest mountain range of the Carpathians, which are the Tatra Mountains. However, tourism in this area is primarily based on visiting the most famous and most promoted places, such as Morskie Oko lake, Kasprowy Wierch peak, Kościeliska Valley, Giewont peak, Štrbské pleso lake, Mengusovská Valley, Studenovodské vodopády in the Tatras, Dunajec Gorge, Trzy Korony peak, Sokolica peak in the Pieniny Mountains, Demänovská Valley, Chopok Mountain in the Low Tatras, Suchá Belá Valley, Prielom Hornádu Valley in the Slovak Paradise, therefore the phenomenon of overtourism is observed there. To prevent this from happening, it was decided to present this region as geotouristically attractive and indicate the possibilities of developing this form of tourism as an alternative to the most crowded places.The main goal of the project is to inventory and assess the unique forms of abiotic nature in the area as well as to assess the tourist potential of this area and conduct pilot studies on a purposefully selected group of people deciding about the condition and development of the studied region (representatives of local governments, managers of national parks located in the vicinity of the analyzed area, entrepreneurs providing tourist services) over the possibility of tourist use of previously selected geosites.The added value of this project will be to raise the awareness of tourists and the local community about the responsible use of natural resources and activities for sustainable tourism by involving many social and professional groups, as well as promoting a healthy/sustainable style of tourism based on contact with nature, staying in silence, and not on crowded paths in noise and rubbish.As part of the project, various projects of tourist products (trails, educational paths, guides and applications) will be prepared and tailored to the needs of various age groups (children, adolescents, adults) based on carefully selected geosites depending on the condition and physical capabilities of the recipients, as well as their perception of the transmitted knowledge.According to the concept of UNESCO geoparks, Podtatrze is an area with strictly defined borders, where individual abiotic natural objects and landscapes are of international geological importance, which has already been proven many times in various scientific articles. Therefore, if this area is skilfully managed in accordance with the holistic concept of protection, education and sustainable development, it may be included in the UNESCO World Geoparks List, which will undoubtedly be the most significant added value of this project in the future. |
| Partner countries: | Poland, Slovakia |
| Project website: | http://www.geography.sav.sk/en/research/projects/projects-websites/podtatrzegeosites/ |
| Urban extension dynamics: comparative analysis of Bratislava and Bucharest | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2022 - 31. 12. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | RA-SAS-22_02 |
| Program: | Mobility |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Opravil Šimon, Ing. Szatmári Daniel, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The expansion of metropolitan settlements has a direct impact on the quality of life of local people. Monitoring and forecasting its future development is a key prerequisite for taking fundamental measures to regulate land use, optimizing the functional use of urban space, building infrastructure, as well as proposing measures to eliminate negative side effects (eg. urban heat islands). Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) provide powerful tools for mapping and analysis of urban landscape changes at various spatial and temporal scales. The aim of this project is to investigate trends in the monitoring of built-up area dynamics on regional level in using recent satellite data and modified/extended Urban Atlas data. Partial aim is multitemporal comparative analysis of urban extension in two European capital cities Bratislava and Bucharest with different population density and economic conditions. Selected indicators of urban landscape structure based on satellite data will be calculated. Deepening knowledge about the monitoring of land development using satellite data it can help to provide accurate, up-to-date and reliable data for the decision-making sphere. |
| Partner countries: | Romania |
Finished
| Ruderalization and invasive species spread as a consequences of land abandonment in European landscapes after 1990: detection and assessment using remote sensing | |
| Duration: | 1. 2. 2023 - 30. 11. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | 4EU+ Flagship 4 |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD., Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD., Ing. Szatmári Daniel, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Denmark, Germany, Poland, Switzerland |
| NOWCASTSAT - Enhanced solar radiation nowcasting based on geostationary satellite data | |
| Duration: | 3. 1. 2022 - 2. 7. 2023 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD., Mgr. Michaleje Lukáš, Ing. Szatmári Daniel, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Solar radiation forecasting is one of the key drivers of the growth of photovoltaic power plants and theirintegration into energy grids. Short-term forecasting, referred to as nowcasting, is used to predict solar radiationin time horizons from minutes up to 3-4 hours ahead. Solar radiation nowcasting services are important forpredicting high-frequency variability of solar power generation, driven primarily by cloud dynamics. Solar radiationis used as a key parameter in simulation models for power generation from photovoltaic power plants. Improvedprediction of solar power variability helps scheduling and management of grid balancing services and increasesthe value of solar electricity.A key element in solar power nowcasting is calculation of solar radiation, where the numericalcharacterisation of cloud properties (represented as a cloud index) plays a critical role. A typical approach predictsthe evolution and movement of clouds by real-time processing of geostationary satellite data: Meteosat MSG,GOES R and S, and Himawari. The existing nowcasting services, including those operated by Solargis, showopportunities for significant improvement, in terms of accuracy and reliability of the service.This project aims at improving the existing solar radiation nowcast solution operated by Solargis by thedevelopment of more accurate cloud motion vectors algorithms by (i) implementing additional data inputs (morespectral channels and data from numerical weather models), (ii) increasing spatial and temporal resolutions, and(iii) integrating apriori geographical data describing effects of geographical barriers. |
| Farmland abandonment in Europe: establishment of network, testing novel data sets and methods to monitor the patterns and evaluate its drivers | |
| Duration: | 1. 3. 2022 - 30. 11. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD., Ing. Szatmári Daniel, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Denmark, Germany, Poland |
| Project website: | https://4euplus.eu/4EU-12.html?news=15118&locale=en |
| Polish borders as a resource – between heritage and tourism product | |
| Duration: | 1. 9. 2019 - 23. 11. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | 2018/29/B/HS4/02417 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Traditionally borders were understood as barriers. In last few years we observe many new meanings of borders. One of them is new idea of borders as a resource. The project focuses on the production of heritage and tourist attraction related on Polish borders actual and former (relict borders).The research questions are defined as follows:(1) How are the border resources created and utilized for heritage and tourism development in the Polish border areas?(2) Which scalar dimensions of border resources, heritage and spatial identity are manifested at the tourist sites at will use to creation of tourism products(3) Where and why are borders a basis for tourism development? Which spatial form they create? (accidentally, as a single place of memory, line of memory, two sites cooperating between them, network of cooperation, region)? Are they function as growth pole for local or regional development?(4) How does the mobilization of different Actors on using border resources to tourism product creation safeguard or undermine the integrated approach in tourism development of border adjacent areas?(5) How and where borders are transformed into tourism products, which elements are used and how they function in reality, perception and virtual space (digital place)? |
| CONVERGES - Knowledge conversion for enhancing management of European riparian ecosystems and services | |
| Duration: | 1. 4. 2019 - 8. 5. 2022 |
| Evidence number: | CA16208 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | Ing. Kidová Anna, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Riparian ecosystems comprise the physical environment and biological communities that lay at the interface of freshwater and terrestrial systems. They are recognised as ecosystems that are highly diverse and contain specialist ecological communities, as well as providers of multiple ecosystem services. Recognizing of the importance of riparian ecosystems has resulted in much research within Europe. Despite this body of work and policy motivation, progress in improving the state of riparian ecosystems across Europe has been very limited. This is probably because of a misalignment of ‘frames’ (i.e. the ways in which individuals or organisations with different backgrounds, geographical origin, cultural contexts, or purpose, know and conceive of such complex systems). Specific issues related to the misalignment of frames between stakeholders in riparian research and management are the following ones: (i) the wide geographical dispersion and heterogeneity of current knowledge across EU Member States; (ii) a lack of effective communication and sharing of knowledge among scientists from different disciplines and from different countries; (iii) insufficient and problematic knowledge conversion and experiences from academics to managers/practitioners; (iv) a lack of suitable assessment tools that allow comparability between fluvial systems; (v) insufficient momentum behind the body of research to create effective coordinated action or policy creation at the level needed. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | https://converges.eu/ |
| Endogenous and exogenous development potential in Slovak and Polish marginalized areas | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2019 - 31. 12. 2021 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD., Mgr. Novotný Ján, PhD., Mgr. Rišová Katarína, PhD., Mgr. Výbošťok Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The project concerns the methods of delimitation of marginalized areas and the identification of endogenous and exogenous development potentials that may be subject to effective intervention from central and local authorities. The effects of public and private investments will also be examined. The project has undertaken four basic tasks: a) comparison of the methodology of delimitation of marginalized areas in Slovakia and Poland; b) evaluation of development potentials of marginalized areas in Poland and Slovakia, including potentials: socio-demographic, environmental, transport, economic and touristic; c) evaluation of the effects of large private and public investments to stimulate development and overcome marginalization; d) indications and recommendations for regional and cohesion policy in Poland and Slovakia. |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| CLIMASTEPPE - Solutions for climate-smart land use in the dry steppes of Russia | |
| Duration: | 1. 4. 2018 - 31. 3. 2021 |
| Evidence number: | RUS_ST2017-559 |
| Program: | ERANET |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Bezák Peter, PhD., Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD., Mgr. Lieskovský Juraj, PhD., Ing. Mojses Matej, PhD. |
| Annotation: | In future there would be need to supply more agricultural products to meet demands from increasing world population. However, adverse impacts of climate change will hit major breadbaskets, and more heavily, theagricultural frontiers, such as the Russian dry steppes, where negative impacts of climate change are projected. The Russian dry steppes also is a region where adoption of climate-smart agriculture may allow reducing the negative impacts of climate change, cut the Greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and result indefragmentation of steppes. We face a “hot moment” because after 1991 economy restructuring resulted in massive agricultural land abandonment and the restoration of steppes. Recent plans about recultivation ofsteppes underscore the importance to evaluate the trade-offs between agricultural expansion and ecosystem services. The ultimate goal of the project is to assess the ability of the Russian dry steppes to mitigate negative projections of climate change by adopting climate-smart agriculture. We will also assess the optimal land use under the changing climatic conditions with an account for the expected profit versus potential reduction of GHG emissions per each unit of produced agricultural commodity. The project will fillmethodological and thematic gaps- the advancement of monitoring land-use intensity and ecosystem modeling, mapping land-use/ land-cover change (LULCC) in the dry steppes of European Russia from 1990 to 2017, assessment of reduction of GHG emissions under the different scenarios. The project advances atheoretical background on drivers of land transformation in Russia, taking profit from contrasting Russia with case studies in Slovakia & Switzerland. The project will also focus on strengthening internationalcollaboration, training young scientists, making outputs publically available, outreach, linkage to policymaking via IPCC, IPBES, Global Land Project initiatives, by working with the Russian Government. |
| Partner countries: | Germany, Switzerland |
| Assessment of Drought Impact on Vegetation Dynamics in Riparian Zone of Braided-Wandering River System | |
| Duration: | 27. 4. 2020 - 27. 10. 2020 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., Ing. Kidová Anna, PhD., Mgr. Michaleje Lukáš, PhD. |
| Annotation: | River channels are key elements for maintaining landscape by transfer of energy, matters and nutrients and it is necessary to preserve this unique high diversity ecosystem and functionality of its services. In the last decades it has been payed attention to good conditions of rivers due to application of Water framework directive (2000/60/EU) for improvement of surface water status. Several studies pointed out significant increases in global and regional temperatures with negative impact to natural ecosystems. Further impact of climate change provide complex chains cause-effect related to altered environmental conditions and stressors in riverine landscape associated with precipitation and temperature fluxes. Droughts and drying river channels are one of the most significant stressors in ecosystem. For identification of adaptation possibilities in vulnerable riverine landscape biotopes is essential to recognise complex processes that connected parts of the system (water – morphology- vegetation). Monitoring and assessment of the riparian vegetation diversity in channel riparian zones during dryperiods is challenging. Dynamics of this landscape entities is defined by their spatial dynamics rather than specific structure. There are a number of plant communities in the hydroseries gradient, from aquatic habitats, through grass-herb and shrub shoreline to floodplain forests responsive to changes inchannel water level and reworked by channel processes (erosion and sediment deposition) and floods. Fine-accuracy remote sensing data from the PlanetScope and the SkySat scenes provide detailed information for long-term monitoring and identification habitat types which are the most supportive for ecosystem functions under alternating conditions in high dynamic river landscape system. Unique and rare wetland ecosystem of braided-wandering river system of the Belá River was selected for monitoring, assessment and investigation impact of droughts and channel transformation on habitat diversity and floodplain ecosystem functions. Within selected sections of the monitored streams, theinitial state and changes of vegetation will be monitored and evaluated in relation to changes in the water regime and droughts periods. We apply automatic classification of high resolution calibrated multispectral imagery to precise habitat detection. After detailed riparian zone mapping, the effect ofdifferent vegetation indices will be applied for testing relationships among vegetation and river channel processes as well as response to drought periods. Riparian zone classification, plant species identification, and especially vegetation leaf chlorophyll concentration with relation to channel changes and droughts occurrence will be evaluated. Remote sensing data will be tested and verified by fieldsurvey and classification results. Furthermore, habitat quality status will be compared with filed monitoring and complemented by Sentinel 2 data. Finally, comparable analyses of medium-resolution Sentinel data and very high-resolution Planet data will be presented for connecting results among local detailed study and regional research. |
| V4 communication platform for use of Earth Observation methods in biotic forest disturbances | |
| Duration: | 20. 9. 2019 - 30. 8. 2020 |
| Evidence number: | 21920035 |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD., Ing. Szatmári Daniel, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland |
| ATBIOMAP - Advanced Techniques for Biomass Mapping in Abandoned Agriculture Land using Novel Combination of Optical and Radar Remote Sensing Sensors | |
| Duration: | 1. 5. 2018 - 30. 4. 2020 |
| Evidence number: | AO/1-8673/16/NL/NDe |
| Program: | European Space Agency (ESA) |
| Project leader: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Goga Tomáš, PhD., RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD., Prof. RNDr. Oťaheľ Ján, CSc., Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD., Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD., Ing. Szatmári Daniel, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Slovakia |
| Common approaches to assessment of spatial development in Slovakia and Ukraine | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2017 - 31. 12. 2019 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Huba Mikuláš, CSc., Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD., RNDr. Szőllős Ján, CSc., Mgr. Uher Ana, Mgr. Výbošťok Ján, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| Socio-economic vulnerability and resilience of regions in Poland and Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., Mgr. Korčeková Veronika, MA, Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD., Mgr. Sládeková Madajová Michala, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Terms vulnerability and resilience comes from environmental studies and become more popular in social and economic sciences. The main aim of the common project is to take a closer look on this topic and see how regions of Poland and Slovakia cope with these issues. What are the common risks which both countries will have to face, and how important they are for different regions? Therefore present application will be focused on investigating various types of risks for regions, how they reacted in the past and how authorities can adapt to the present changes.The aim of the joint research project is to recognise, identify, explore various risk related to socio-economic processes and their influence in regional and national scales on living conditions, quality of life, social well being, economic growth on the regional level. The task will be accomplished by creating the system of indicators, according to the following steps: firstly a connection of some indicators with economic, social and environmental dimensions, then with the descriptive categories of vulnerability and resilience and finally, the macro-themes that define them; selection of elementary variables defined in the theoretical step; and create at the level of macro-variables and, in a second moment, at the level of the vulnerability and resilience descriptors. Those actions will allow to create tool for regional analysis which can produce an assessment, as synthetic as comprehensive at the same time, of regional vulnerability and resilience. |
| CON@SK.PL - Transboundary ecological connectivity – modelling landscapes and ecological flows | |
| Duration: | 1. 3. 2017 - 30. 6. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | No. 21640051 |
| Program: | International Visegrad Fund (IVF) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc. |
| Other cosolvers: | Štátna ochrana prírody Slovenskej Republiky, Národné lesnícke centrum (NFC) |
| Annotation: | The aim of this project is to better understand the habitat connectivity in the Northern Carpathians of Slovakia and Poland. In the forthcoming year our international team will work on multispecies connectivity assessment for the brown bear (Ursus arctos) and European bison (Bison bonasus).Using the state-of-the-art approaches allow us to substantially contributed to pressing conservation issues related to these species. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia |
| Project website: | http://www.geography.sav.sk/conskpl/index.php |
| COMPASS - Comparative analysis of territorial governance and spatial planning systems in Europe | |
| Duration: | 1. 6. 2016 - 31. 5. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., Mgr. Šuška Pavel, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The overall objective of the Compass project is to provide an authoritative comparative report on territorial governance and spatial planning systems in Europe. It will substantially improve the knowledge base on territorial governance and spatial planning, and in particular, their role in the formulation and implementation of EU Cohesion Policy. The project will investigate 32 European countries (the 28 member states plus four ESPON partner countries), and in the first stage evaluate the feasibility of including seven additional countries: the EU candidate countries and other countries of the Western Balkans. In order to provide sufficient in-depth knowledge of the form and operation of territorial governance and spatial planning across 39 countries, the project leader Delft University of Technology is assisted by a consortium of eight further partners and 16 sub-contractors. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden |
| Project website: | https://www.espon.eu/main/Menu_Projects/Menu_AppliedResearch/07.GovernanceandSpatialPlanning.html |
| CONNECTEUR - Connecting European connectivity research | |
| Duration: | 10. 4. 2014 - 9. 4. 2018 |
| Evidence number: | COST Action ES1306 |
| Program: | COST |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Lehotský Milan, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Kidová Anna, PhD., Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD., Mgr. Sládek Ján, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Successful prediction of pathways of storm runoff generation and associated soil erosion is of considerable societal importance, including off-site impacts such as water quality and the provision of related ecosystem services. Recently, the role of connectivity in controlling runoff and erosion has received significant and increasing scientific attention, though in a disparate and uncoordinated way. There is a wealth of experience and expertise in connectivity across Europe that could be harnessed to ensure that the potential already demonstrated in key studies can be more widely fulfilled; to move forward along agreed lines and identify emerging goals, and to benefit from cross-fertilization of ideas from the fields of Hydrology, Soil Science, Geomorphology and Ecology. COST is the appropriate vehicle for funding this activity because it will gather together existing expertise to advance the field of connectivity in a concerted way. The key benefit of this Action will therefore be to establish connectivity as a research paradigm. The Action will then permit transfer of current understanding into useable science, by developing it’s conceptual basis and transferring it into a series of monitoring and modelling tools that will provide the platform for indices that will inform holistic management of catchment systems. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom |
| Project website: | http://connecteur.info/ |
| Mapping urban green spaces based on remote sensing data: Case studies in Bulgaria and Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2015 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | BG-18 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., Prof. RNDr. Oťaheľ Ján, CSc., Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD., Mgr. Rosina Konštantín, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Urban Green Spaces (UGS) are an integral part of urban ecosystem. Recently, UGS are considered to be of substantial importance for the quality of life, since they have significant impact on ecosystem functions, local microclimate and air quality, as well as on aesthetical perceptions. Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) provide powerful tools for mapping and analysis of UGS at various spatial and temporal scales. With the availability of high resolution remote sensing images and multi-source geospatial data, there is a great need to transform Earth observation data into useful information necessary for urban planning and decision making. Therefore, the current research is focused on selection and application of a set of urban indicators based on remote sensing data by implementing spatial analysis.The aim of this project is to investigate and mapping the spatial distribution of urban green spaces in selected study areas in Bulgaria and Slovakia using remote sensing data. Different categories of vegetation, that is detectable in remote sensing data will be mapped and quantified in accordance with the extended CORINE Land Cover nomenclature (5th level). Auxiliary demographic data, climatic data and other statistical data related to urban development will be used for spatial analysis. Selected urban indicators based on remote sensing data will be calculated to support decision making. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
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| Duration: | 1. 1. 2016 - 31. 12. 2017 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Šuška Pavel, PhD. |
| Spatial Disparities in Slovak and Ukraine Rural and Urban Areas: Assesment of Sustainability and Quality of Life | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2014 - 31. 12. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Szőllős Ján, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Hanušin Ján, CSc., Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc., RNDr. Szőllős Ján, CSc., Mgr. Šuška Pavel, PhD., Mgr. Šveda Martin, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Ukraine |
| MORCHFLOOD - Quantification of morphological changes in river channels and its impact on flood risk | |
| Duration: | 1. 11. 2015 - 30. 6. 2016 |
| Evidence number: | 12_PA05-C2 |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Ing. Kidová Anna, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | RNDr. Lehotský Milan, CSc., Mgr. Rusnák Miloš, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Rivers are dynamical systems, where changes in its morphology can affects all kind of flooding and play a crucial role in flood risk. Main changes in history were caused by increasing urbanization around the rivers and human interventions. As results, the alteration in the shape of the channel, longitudinal profile, land use and placement of structures to the channel and floodplain took place. The interventions affected the hydrological response of catchment, particularly accelerated flow velocities, erosion, and interrupted periodical inundation. However, considering the climate change and increasing urbanization, this is not only the historical problem. These changes have not been accessed in detail yet and in many practical cases, institutions involved in catchment management are not familiar with the best practice to handle this problems. Targets of this project are to quantificate morphological changes in river channels and its impact on flood risk, to share outputs to the institution involved in catchment management and to establish the network as base for cooperation.The research will be placed, in two Carpathian rivers situated in Czech Republic and Slovakia (Bečva and Topľa) and outputs will be summarized in the Study and shared in workshops, what will help to improve the integrated river basin management and will help to find the strategy to mitigate the flood risk. Even the Carpathian Rivers are specifics phenomena these outputs can be widely used in Danube Region. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Influence of investment and some related socio-economic processes on local and regional development in Poland and Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2013 - 31. 12. 2015 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD., RNDr. Podolák Peter, CSc., Mgr. Sládeková Madajová Michala, PhD., Mgr. Šuška Pavel, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The aim of the joint research project is to recognise, identify, explore as well as evaluate various investment and some related socio-economic processes and their influence in local, regional and national scale on living conditions, quality of life, social well being, economic growth, abilities of building ‘smart’ industries and preserving quality of environment. The task will be accomplished by careful analysis of both successful and unsuccessful examples of investments that took place in recent years (in context of additional financial support from European funds). Initially analysis of various types of investment processes (property investments, infrastructural investments, industrial/technological investments, etc.) and some related socio-economic processes will take place. This step will allow evaluating accomplished investment processes as well as recognizing positive and negative examples. Furthermore influence analysis of investment and some related socio-economic processes on human quality of life and quality of business environment (e.g. through quality evaluation of services of general interests for individuals and businesses) will be performed. |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
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| Duration: | 1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Šuška Pavel, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Urban sprawl mapping in Slovakia and Bulgaria based on an extended CORINE Land Cover nomenclature | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2012 - 31. 12. 2014 |
| Evidence number: | SK-BG č. 11 |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., Ing. Nováček Jozef, Prof. RNDr. Oťaheľ Ján, CSc., Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD., Mgr. Rosina Konštantín, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Urban sprawl represents one of the most significant landscape transformation with the increasing rate of negative impact on the environment (eg. soil sealing). Urbanization is one of the major environmental problems in the near future as the world\'s urban population is expected to double from 3.3 billion in 2007 to 6.4 billion in 2050 (UN Population Fund, 2007). The study of changes in urbanization is crucial for urban planning, environmental protection and resource management. Remote sensing data is one of the main sources of information for mapping the state and changes in land cover and land use, particularly related to urbanization.The aim of this project is to investigate increase of artificial surfaces in selected study areas using multitemporal analyses of very high resolution satellite images (VHR). An extended CORINE Land Cover nomenclature will be developed to identify and describe changes of artificial surfaces. Apart from the results obtained by remote sensing data analyses of demographic and other statistical data related to regional development will be used to describe driving forces of the urban sprawl. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| VITAL LANDSCAPES - Valorisation and Sustainable Development of Cultural Landscapes using Innovative Participation and Visualisation Techniques | |
| Duration: | 1. 4. 2010 - 31. 3. 2013 |
| Evidence number: | 2CE164P3 |
| Program: | Multilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Hanušin Ján, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Cebecauerová Martina, PhD., RNDr. Hanušin Ján, CSc., Prof. RNDr. Huba Mikuláš, CSc., Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., Doc. RNDr. Lacika Ján, CSc., Mészárosová Erika, Nagyová Katarína, Prof. RNDr. Oťaheľ Ján, CSc., Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD., RNDr. Podolák Peter, CSc., Mgr. Sládeková Madajová Michala, PhD., Mgr. Šveda Martin, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The general objective of the project is to protect Central European (CE) cultural landscapes by supporting sustainable regional development and by linking nature/landscape protection with socio-economic development. These objectives correspond directly to the objectives of priority 3 (using our environment responsibly) and area of intervention 3.1. (developing a high quality environment by managing and protecting natural resources and heritage). To reach these aims, the project makes available new technological solutions (like 3D visualisation and GIS databases) as well as participatory moderation methods (using the Agenda 21 approach) to local and regional landscape development scenarios. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia |
| Project website: | http://www.vital-landscapes.eu/front_content.php |
| The influence of hydrotechnical constructions on the development of fluvial systems of the Lower Vistula and Danubian Lowland | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2010 - 31. 12. 2012 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Lehotský Milan, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Ing. Kidová Anna, PhD., Mgr. Novotný Ján, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| INFRAREGTUR - Infrastructural and organizational possibilities of spatial accessibility improvement as a factor for development of the Polish-Slovak tourist regions | |
| Duration: | 1. 8. 2009 - 30. 6. 2012 |
| Evidence number: | WTSL.02.01.00-14-087/08 |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Huba Mikuláš, CSc., Mgr. Chrenka Branislav, Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD., Ing. Skubinčan Peter, PhD., RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc. |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| Project website: | http://www.infraregtur.eu/ |
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| Duration: | 1. 1. 2009 - 31. 12. 2011 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Andráško Ivan, PhD. |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Investigation of multitemporal and multisensor satellite imagery for enhanced CORINE land cover classes recognition and mapping (case studies in Slovakia and Bulgaria) | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2008 - 31. 12. 2010 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., RNDr. Husár Karol, CSc., Prof. RNDr. Oťaheľ Ján, CSc., Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD. |
| Annotation: | The aim of proposed project is to investigate the multitemporal, spactral and texture characteristics of land cover classes presented in the IMAGE2006 satellite imagery for classes identification of an extended CLC nomenclature. Based on this a minimal mapping unit, minimal change area and extended CLC compatible nomenclature could be formulated. As a continuation of our mutual investigations in the selected test regions in Slovakia and Bulgaria. CLC2006 vrctor data base will be created and the extended nomenclature will be applied and tested. Very high resolutin aerial and satellite imagery will be used for verification and validation of the created data base. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| Human geographical and physical geographical study of the regional problems in Hungary and Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kollár Daniel, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Hungary |
| Local and regional development in Central Europe - problems of socio-economic activation | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2007 - 31. 12. 2009 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., RNDr. Michálek Anton, CSc., Mgr. Michniak Daniel, PhD., RNDr. Podolák Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The Project is aiming to conduct comparative analysis of socio-economic conditions in the Central european Countries (with special consideration of Polish and Slovak conditions). Analysis will be conducted both on local and regional level. The main result of planned undertaking will be registration of socio-economic changes and developing of join conclusions, witch will be helpful in stimulation of activation that will lead to disproportion minimizing. Prepared conclusion will be a contribution to public debates about polarization of socio-economics space and reconciling requirement of effectiveness and competitivenes with social needs of justice and equality (actualized Koncept of the Space Organizatin of the State, warsaw 2005; -national strategic reference framework 2007-2013, Bratislava 2006) |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
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| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 31. 12. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Czech Republic |
| Spatial analysis and assessment of landscape structure and changes in selected region of Slovakia and Bulgaria based on remote sensing data for the period 1990-2006 | |
| Duration: | 1. 2. 2007 - 31. 12. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medzivládna dohoda |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Beták Juraj, PhD., Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., Prof. RNDr. Oťaheľ Ján, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project objectives are:- to identify, analyse and assess landscape structure and changes in selected territorie in Bulgaria and Slovakia for 3 time horizons (1990-200-2006) using the same methodological procedure in order to receive comparable results,- to compare essential differences in the landscape dynamics and- to explain regional specific features in development of the landscape as determined by different natural and positional conditions and traditions of the social and economic development of both countries. |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| SOLAREC - Photovoltaic Solar Electricity (Resource, Performance and Value) | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2006 - 21. 11. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | 7RP |
| Project leader: | Mgr. Cebecauer Tomáš, PhD. |
| Project website: | http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/solarec/index.htm |
| Podprojekt 13 - Integrated Approach of the Recovery of the Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Regional Development | |
| Duration: | 1. 12. 2007 - 7. 7. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | EHP-VTS-0507-070168 |
| Program: | Medzivládna dohoda |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Huba Mikuláš, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., Mészárosová Erika, Nagyová Katarína |
| Annotation: | The sub-project activities are focused on preparation of: The definite list of co-workers and their expressed consent with collaboration accompanied by the specified scope and form of cooperation.Proposal of model territories/Explanatory Report. List or citations of documents necessary for the successful implementation of the individual project.Summary of selected supporting documents necessary for the application. Feasibility Study of the individual project. The complete application for the individual project (including annexes). |
| Partner countries: | Norway |
| PANet2010 - Improvement of the protected area network; example: the Tatra region | |
| Duration: | 1. 4. 2006 - 31. 3. 2008 |
| Evidence number: | 5D194 |
| Program: | INTERREG |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Hanušin Ján, CSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Mgr. Beták Juraj, PhD., Mgr. Cebecauerová Martina, PhD., RNDr. Grešková Anna, CSc., RNDr. Hanušin Ján, CSc., Prof. RNDr. Huba Mikuláš, CSc., Prof. RNDr. Ira Vladimír, CSc., Doc. RNDr. Lacika Ján, CSc., RNDr. Lehotský Milan, CSc., RNDr. Podolák Peter, CSc. |
| Annotation: | The project emphasizes the management of networks of protected areas and certified regions. The project intends to theoreticallyprepare and practically implement "functional networks" of protected areas in order to improve positive regional economic effects; communicative and participative processes ("cooperative management"); the financial situation and conservation issues by creating synergies between individual protected areas. |
| Partner countries: | Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Ukraine |
| Project website: | http://www.panet2010.info/ |
| Changes of the rural landscape in Slovakia and Bulgaria in 1990-2000 identified by application of the CORINE land cover data | |
| Duration: | 1. 5. 2005 - 31. 12. 2007 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziústavná dohoda |
| Project leader: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Prof. RNDr. Oťaheľ Ján, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Bulgaria |
| Application of geographical methods in the study of natural and human enviroment | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2004 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Oťaheľ Ján, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Italy |
| Dynamics of geomorphological processes in space and time | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2004 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | Doc. RNDr. Lacika Ján, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| A comparative research of regions in Slovakia and in Hungary | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2004 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kollár Daniel, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Hungary |
| The socio-geographical aspect of shaping new regional structure in Poland and Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 1. 1. 2003 - 31. 12. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziústavná dohoda |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Székely Vladimír, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Poland |
| KEO - State of Environment and Policy Measures | |
| Duration: | 1. 10. 2005 - 31. 10. 2006 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Bilaterálne - iné |
| Project leader: | Prof. RNDr. Huba Mikuláš, CSc. |
| Annotation: | no description |
| Partner countries: | Switzerland |
| Mapping urban green spaces based on remote sensing data: Case studies in Bulgaria and Slovakia | |
| Duration: | 0. 0. 0000 - 0. 0. 0000 |
| Evidence number: | |
| Program: | Medziakademická dohoda (MAD) |
| Project leader: | RNDr. Kopecká Monika, PhD. |
| SAS cosolvers: | Doc. RNDr. Feranec Ján, DrSc., Prof. RNDr. Oťaheľ Ján, CSc., Mgr. Pazúr Róbert, PhD., Mgr. Rosina Konštantín, PhD. |
| Annotation: | Urban Green Spaces (UGS) are an integral part of urban ecosystem. Recently, UGS are considered to be of substantial importance for the quality of life, since they have significant impact on ecosystem functions, local microclimate and air quality, as well as on aesthetical perceptions. Remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) provide powerful tools for mapping and analysis of UGS at various spatial and temporal scales. With the availability of high resolution remote sensing images and multi-source geospatial data, there is a great need to transform Earth observation data into useful information necessary for urban planning and decision making. Therefore, the current research is focused on selection and application of a set of urban indicators based on remote sensing data by implementing spatial analysis.The aim of this project is to investigate and mapping the spatial distribution of urban green spaces in selected study areas in Bulgaria and Slovakia using remote sensing data. Different categories of vegetation, that is detectable in remote sensing data will be mapped and quantified in accordance with the extended CORINE Land Cover nomenclature (5th level). Auxiliary demographic data, climatic data and other statistical data related to urban development will be used for spatial analysis. Selected urban indicators based on remote sensing data will be calculated to support decision making. |