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MENDELNET 2013THE PROPOSAL OF LANDSCAPE ARRANGEMENTSAS AN EFFECT OF FLOODS IN THE SLOVAK RURAL REGIONS(CASE STUDY OF THE VILLAGE CHĽABA)Jakubcová A., Grežo H.Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Faculty of NaturalScience, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 1, 94974 Nitra, Slovak RepublicE-mail: andrea.jakubcova@ukf.skABSTRACTMan, with his activities, has consciously or unconsciously influenced the country; he has changedits features and flows of energy there. The direct consequences of extreme dynamical changes haveinfluenced not only the country itself, but also life in the rural regions mostly. This effect on thegeographical position emphasizes the human activities in Slovak conditions. In the frame of thenatural processes within the landscape we focused on the research of flood phenomenon in thesouthwest Slovakia region. We have created a case study for the affected areas of the villageChľaba. We explored the impacts of the damage range on the landscape structure as well as theconsequential changes of human activities in endangered rural territories. The research in the frameof this case study might bring a more realistic view on the influenced Slovak areas which regularlysuffer from floods. The main target of our research was to intercept the actual situation in the timeof maximal floods level and shortly proceeding it, in the chosen area of the Danube river, the Ipeľriver, their fork and cartographical visualisation of the situation at the time of maximal flood levels.But the most important result of the research will be a deduction of such proposal conclusions,which could lead to the new and more operative flood protection arrangements in this part ofSlovak rural border space. An added value of the paper is the creation of a flood hazard mapproposal, which might be used with the intentions of a flood protection management plan and itspractical application as to the prevention of negative flood impacts on endangered regions, such asthis one belongs to.Key words: floods, inundation area, landscape utilisation changes, flood protection arrangements,flood hazard management, the village of chľaba.Acknowledgments: Paper was created with the help of the VEGA project No. 1/0232/12, and alsowith the help of the leader of my dissertation thesis, and with the cooperation of the Department ofEcology and Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Science, Nitra.433 | P age