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| The Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Regional Working Group |
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Milos Stankoviansky
Bratislava (Slovakia)
e-mail
Credit NASA/GSFC
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The Council of the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG) in its meeting held in the framework of the 6th International Conference on Geomorphology in September 2005 in Zaragoza, Spain, has approved the Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Regional Working Group (CBDRWG) as one of new IAG/AIG WGs. The CBDRWG was proposed by geomorphologists of 11 countries associated in the Carpatho-Balkan Geomorphological Commission (CBGC).
The CBGC was founded in 1963 on the occasion of a joint symposium “Geomorphology of the Carpathians”, held in Kraków and Bratislava. Its main objective from beginning was to provide a platform not only for the exchange of knowledge and experience concerning the Carpatho-Balkan mountain system and adjacent depressions, but also for the solving of common research tasks. Its members had become gradually Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. After some inertia in the 1990s there is a visible endeavour in the last period to re-activate the cooperation within the CBGC.
The main objective of the Commission under new conditions was again the creation of platform for effective cooperation of the original CBGC member countries (Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania), successor states formed by disintegration of the original CBGC member countries (Czechia, Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Ukraine), as well as of state which had no chance to be the CBGC member country in the past for political reasons (Austria). To be able to continue in cooperation with successor states of former Yugoslavia, which are not lying in the Carpatho-Balkan mountain system after its division, the study area of the approved IAG/AIG WG was broadened by the Dinarides.
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It is necessary to study the Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric mountain system and adjacent depressions as a unit, as many of investigated phenomena (e.g. tectonics, hazards) are of transboundary character. Doing so it will be possible to compare disparities of geomorphic evolution in its northern and southern parts as a result of specific course of both endogenous and exogenous processes, in the latter ones under the influence of different climatic conditions. The regional correlation will require the compatibility of monitoring methods and creation of uniform GIS by participating countries.
The main expectation of geomorphologists from Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric countries after the approval of the CBDRWG is the raising the chance to fulfil the above plans. The WG is open to all geomorphologists working in the given region.
Primary research objectives:
- Landscape evolution and environmental changes:
- Climate changes
- Human impact on landscape
- Neotectonics
- Geomorphic hazards
- Advance in methodology:
- Regional comparison of dating results
- Cooperation in monitoring
- Cooperation in mapping
- GIS applications
Outline of activities:
- Publications:
- Regional journals:
- Studia Geomorphologica Carpatho-Balcanica (annually)
- Romanian Review of Geomorphology (annually)
- Geomorphologia Slovaca (bi-annually)
- Selected Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric geomorphological bibliography
- International journals:
- Geomorphology
- Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie
- Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
- Catena
- Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
- Planned meetings:
- Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Conference on Geomorphology (Pécs, Hungary, 2007)
- Regional IAG/AIG Conference (Brasov, Romania, 2008) (co-organizer)
- National geomorphological conferences of member countries
- Regular Council meetings of the CBDRWG (the first one in Olomouc, Czechia, April 2006)
Expected results:
- Special volume of Studia Geomorphologica Carpatho-Balcanica, Vol. XV, 2006, dedicated to the topic "Recent Geomorphological Hazards in Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric Region"
- Regional geomorphic monographs (with an attempt to publish them in the internationally well known publishing houses)
- Maps (preparation of the uniform legend of general geomorphic hazards map)
- Continuous exchange of information on current geomorphological issues
- Intensification of scientific cooperation among geomorphologists in the region to coordinate the national research and to encourage joint research
Participating countries and national representatives in the CBDRWG Council:
| Austria: | Prof. Christine Embleton-Hamann | christine.embleton-hamann@univie.ac.at
| Bulgaria: | Assoc. Prof. Georgi Alexiev | mkn_bg@yahoo.com
| Croatia: | Prof. Andrija Bognar | sfaivre@geog.pmf.hr
| Czechia: | Dr. Karel Kirchner | kirchner@geonika.cz
| Hungary: | Dr. Janos Kovacs | jones@gamma.ttk.pte.hu
| Poland: | Dr. Zofia Raczkowska | raczk@zg.pan.krakow.pl
| Romania: | Prof. Dan Balteanu | balteanu@rnc.ro
| Serbia and Montenegro: | Jelena Calic | j.calic@sezampro.yu
| Slovakia: | Dr. Jan Lacika | geoglaci@savba.sk
| Slovenia: | Assoc. Prof. Karel Natek | karel.natek@guest.arnes.si
| Ukraine: | Dr. Andriy Mykhnovych | geomorph@franko.lviv.ua
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Actual information brings the website of the CBDRWG
Finally, let me invite geomorphologists and other scientist interested in the Carpatho-Balkan-Dinaric region to co-operation with our CBDRWG. Feel free to contact us.
Assoc. Prof. Milos Stankoviansky, e-mail
WG Chair
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