Summary:

Protection of water and land, terrestrial ecosystems and wetlands depend on water which are regarded as a national treasure, requires the establishment the sustainable management of resources, including preventing degradation and protection against the deterioration of their condition. The research are aimed at evaluating the possibility of using modern geospatial data such as DTM, aerial photography and digital images and their visualizations using GIS tools to acquire natural surface water, areas at risk of flooding and pollution associated with ground water and surface runoff including agricultural land. The study was conducted within the city of Koszalin in the typical urban and suburban develop-ment. The results show that the developed methods are more cost effective and less labor intensive than traditional, and characterized by high accuracy of determining the boundaries of areas.