Tihomir Frangen
Croatian Geological Survey, Croatia
Title: GDi Ensemble FloodSmart-IT platform for flood prevention and mitigation of harmful environmental impact
Biography
Biography: Tihomir Frangen
Abstract
European Environment Agency (EEA) reported Europe suffered over 213 major damaging floods between 1998 and 2009, which have caused 1,126 deaths, displacement of about half a million people and at least €52 billion in insured economic losses (Source: EEA). Consequently, the EU Flood Directive has been in force since November 2007. Which main purpose is to establish a framework for flood risk assessment and management to reduce the negative consequences of floods on human health, economic activity, cultural heritage and the environment? Time for action on climate change came, so GDi d.o.o. and Croatian Geological Survey, as a partner, are working on the project implementation – Development of an IT platform for Flood Prevention and Mitigation of Harmful Environmental Impact - GDi Ensemble FloodSmart (October 2017–March 2020). Resulting with GDi Ensemble FloodSmart, a complete real-time Flood Risk Management and real-time Flood Protection System based on Esri ArcGIS platform. A single web portal consolidates all relevant decision-making information for organizations responsible for the implementation of flood protection and rescue systems. It enables integration of flood hazards and flood prevention activates, ahead of, and after flood events. The portal also allows clear, precise and easily understood information to be presented to both executives and public.