Jaroslav SOLC
IT Manager Prague City Hall
E-mail: jaroslav.solc@cityofprague.cz



Profile:
The author is a graduate of Chemical and Technological University in Prague. Since
mid-80s he has headed a team which developed the Prague´s Environmental Information System (PUDIS, Czech Environmental Institute). In the period 1994 - 1999 was employed in the Institute of Municipal Informatics of the City of Prague (IMIP) as a head of Environmental information services department. Sice 2000 has been working for the City of Prague as a head of Strategic office of the IT Department of Prague City Hall, responsible for municipal IT strategic issues, international activities of the department (including TeleCities) and management of specific projects.

Presentation:
Project 1: “Prague an example of disaster management -
2002 Floods, use of IT and Territorial Data”
In August 2002 Prague was affected by floods which surpassed all expectations and
historical recordings. Presentation is focused on experience of the City, important role of information technology, use of geographic information systems and territorial data
during this flood event. In first part the hydrological information, legislation, Integrated Rescue System and Flood Forecast and Warning System are introduced on national level. Second part presents preparations of the City for the high water and support of municipal informatics in crisis as well as after the flood. Last part is focused on new experience with use of the Internet as a specific tool for communication between citizens, public administration and private sector in critical days.

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