Relevance
For many years, dams have been used as structures blocking a watercourse to raise the water level and concentrate pressure at the location of the structure, as well as to create a reservoir. However, improper location and design of dams can lead to flooding of large areas, causing significant damage to settlements and objects of the national economy, as well as to catastrophic events with massive destruction. At this time, the design of dams primarily considers the amount of water that must be retained. But beyond this, other factors, the main of which are land use and climate change, can influence the behavior of the water that must be retained in the dam from the watercourse. This project aims to develop an integrated GIS-based approach to dam siting and design that takes into account the impacts of land-use change and climate scenarios. As the risk of collapse is reduced, safety is increased, which in turn protects human life and property, as well as the general environment in catchments.

Objectives
Development of a comprehensive GIS-based methodology for the placement and design of dams, taking into account possible changes in river flow characteristics and the impact of changes in land use and climate scenarios using the SCS-Curve Number method for modeling river flows.

Expected Results
► 3 (three) articles or reviews will be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded of the Web of Science database and / or having a CiteScore percentile in the Scopus database of at least 35 (thirty five). 2 (one) article or review will be published in a peer-reviewed foreign or domestic edition recommended by KOKSON.
► 1 (one) utility model patent will be obtained
► 1 (one) copyright will be obtained from the Kazakhstan Patent Office.

The implementation of the project will have a positive impact on Kazakhstani science, since such studies have not been conducted here before. The publication of the results will give wide publicity in the scientific community and stimulate domestic scientists to discoveries in a similar direction.