Alexandra Ruales Guerra

- Project Administration support - Data acquisition and datamanagement - Setting up and management of the project database (with validation and plausibility checks, as well as development of data models) - Data compilation and creation of metadata - Participation in in-situ measurements and sampling - Participation in the development of assessment tools for the definition of ecological state within the frame of Natura 2000 and the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

- Spatial data preparation: georeferencing, coordinate systems transformation, several analyses. - Database creation for flood risk analyze - Construction of an US-wide geodatabase in GIS. - Development and derivation of suitable procedures for data integration. - Development of procedures to the calculation of missing data values with the help of spatial, economic, social and demographic characteristic features of the US states.

- Participation in the Project “3Länder Projekt Wasser”. - Evaluation of the European Water Framework Directive for surface waters and comparison of the effects on Germany and France.

- Revision and correction of geometry and topology of geo-objects. - Geographic information transfer in the geodatabase of the national cadastral system. - Trainer in rural areas for cadastral geodatabase management. - Contrast enhancement and color balance of orthophotos.

Elaboration and edition of Geodatabases and maps for the Water Quality Monitoring System and for the project "Determination of Ecological Flows".

Elaboration of maps for the delimitation of communities in the Amazon region.

- Technical support in the elaboration of the Pastaza River Basin's aquatic biodiverstity database. - Elaboration of base and thematic maps related to biodiversity and hydroelectric power stations.

Levantamiento de datos de altura de edificación y uso en los ejes de la ciudad de Quito para estudios de centralidades del Grupo de Investigaciones PAUD (Por el Ambiente Urbano y el Desarrollo), asociado al IRD.

-Elaboration of maps concerning projects for environmental protection in the ecuadorian Amazon region. - Fieldwork for the location of implemented projects in the Amazon region by means of GPS system.

- Topographical survey of coffee plantations. - Socioeconomic data collection by means of opinion polls.

- Focus on sustainable development of water resources - Hydraulic and Enviromental Engineering - Analysis and Planning of Water Distribution Networks - Hydrological Planning - Waste and Waste Water Technologies - Protection and Use of Riverine Systems.

- Cartography - Geographic Information Systems - Natural Resources Management - River Basin Management - Regional Planning and Development - Sustainable Development