Application of digital landscape model in crisis management

Recent dramatic events in landscape are more common than in the past. The complexity of present development of the nature and society give geography unlimited opportunities for public scientific involvement in services for the human community. Extreme dangerous processes threatening life, health and properties at the large scales require a complex approach and management. The system procedure developed for these purposes is being called „crisis management“. Present crisis management (CM) represents a set of activities focused on preparatory, operational and mitigating response to processes in the territory threatening human lifes and properties. The digital landscape model (DLM) represents one example of synthetising abilities of geography useful for geodata integration into a form reflecting maximum objectively the territory of CM application. CM outputs have sharp territorial character. With regard to geography posses suitable integration abilities and uses the last geoinformation technologies, it is quite clear, if geography seeks wide involvement in CM and offers data, methodological participation and know how for facing real threatening situations.

Keywords: digital landscape model, crisis, geoinformation, prevention