Assesment of Flood Protection Potentials in the Sajo Valley by Means of Remote Sensing Surveys

The aim of the project was a survey of the Sajo river flowing through the Hungarian Slovak border. The Sajo river can connect the area and the common interest catchment, so its protection, the common use of water resources, the environment-, nature-, and flood protection are a public interest. Tasks specified in the river basin management plans necessitate a standardized survey of the Sajo river and its environment to the proper water-course maintenance planning, the hydro-meteorological forecast development, the operational preparation of the flood control and the planning of the water management, environmental protection and nature conservation. During the survey we used series of remote sensing technics, like LiDAR, hyperspectral imaging and ortophoto. Combining data from different technology allows us to provide a series useful information set for planning of river basin management. This set of information could be used in flooding situation for operational activity too. The project was financed by European Union, Hungarian Government, Slovakian Government under the number HUSK 1001/2.1.2/0026.