GIS Resources as a Tool for Monitoring and Managing River Basin Conditions.

Abstract

Traditional methods of collecting and processing statistical environmental information require significant time expenditures. This is usually due to the dispersion of available environmental data across various subjects of the state monitoring system and the lack of a unified database of reliable environmental data. Solving this problem for small and medium river basins is further complicated by the fact that the majority of representative information is not digitized. In the context of digitalizing approaches to accumulating and processing large data sets, the potential of using remote sensing and electronic GIS mapping tools opens new prospects for conducting scientific research. This includes monitoring the state of hydrological ecosystems, conducting retrospective analyses, modeling, and predicting variable changes. The research objective is to analyze the potential capabilities of GIS maps for assessing changes in the ecological state of river basins in Southern Ukraine. Additionally, it examines the relevance of this approach compared to traditional research methods and the reliability of open-access GIS resources as an alternative means of monitoring dynamic changes within river basins.