BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Andrea KISS, Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ and Barriendos MARIANO. Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from Documentary Evidence. Online. In Herget J., Fontana A. (eds). Palaeohydrology. Cham: Springer, 2020, p. 65-96. Geography of the Physical Environment. ISBN 978-3-030-23314-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23315-0_4.
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Original name Droughts in Historical Times in Europe, as Derived from Documentary Evidence
Authors BRÁZDIL, Rudolf (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Andrea KISS (40 Austria), Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Barriendos MARIANO (724 Spain).
Edition Cham, Palaeohydrology, p. 65-96, 32 pp. Geography of the Physical Environment, 2020.
Publisher Springer
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form electronic version available online
WWW URL
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/20:00113973
Organization unit Faculty of Science
ISBN 978-3-030-23314-3
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23315-0_4
Keywords in English Drought; Documentary data; Long-term variability; Impacts; Human responses; Europe
Tags rivok, topvydavatel
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Ladislava Řezníčková, Ph.D., učo 13826. Changed: 30/6/2020 12:15.
Abstract
Documentary evidence can provide high-resolution data pertaining to past droughts. This may include a wide range of sources, among them: narratives (annals, chronicles, memoirs); diaries kept by persons specifically interested in the weather; accountancy and economic-administrative archives; legal-administrative records; religious observances; letters; songs; newspapers and magazines; paintings and pictographic evidence; chronograms; epigraphic evidence; early instrumental meteorological observations; society and professional reports; and weather compilations. Most of these are generally available for many European countries. Such a variety of documentary information is sufficient to distinguish between the basic types of drought (meteorological, agricultural, hydrological and socio-economic) and reconstruct hydroclimatic conditions in the form of series of precipitation totals, drought frequencies and drought indices. This paper presents a European overview of existing documentary-based drought studies for the Mediterranean, western, central and eastern areas of Europe. Examples of outstanding European droughts are drawn from events of 1361, 1616 and 1718–1719 CE. The descriptions of European droughts and of human responses to them, pay particular attention to impacts on society, to perceptions of drought and to spiritual and ritual responses, as well as to the institutional/legal-administrative decisions and changes droughts have brought about. Perspectives for future research into historical droughts in Europe are also presented.
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GA17-10026S, research and development projectName: Epizody sucha v České republice a jejich příčinná podmíněnost
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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