J 2023

The 100-Year Series of Weather-Related Fatalities in the Czech Republic: Interactions of Climate, Environment, and Society

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf, Kateřina CHROMÁ, Lukáš DOLÁK, Pavel ZAHRADNÍČEK, Jan ŘEHOŘ et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

The 100-Year Series of Weather-Related Fatalities in the Czech Republic: Interactions of Climate, Environment, and Society

Autoři

BRÁZDIL, Rudolf (203 Česká republika, domácí), Kateřina CHROMÁ, Lukáš DOLÁK (203 Česká republika, domácí), Pavel ZAHRADNÍČEK, Jan ŘEHOŘ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Petr DOBROVOLNÝ (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Ladislava ŘEZNÍČKOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Water, MDPI, 2023, 2073-4441

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10510 Climatic research

Stát vydavatele

Švýcarsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.400 v roce 2022

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00130905

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000996907200001

Klíčová slova anglicky

weather-related fatality; fatality characteristics; documentary data; flood; windstorm; convective storm; snow; glaze ice; frost; fog; inclement weather; Czech Republic

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 28. 6. 2023 14:22, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

The paper investigates weather-related fatalities over the territory of the Czech Republic in the 100-year period from 1921 to 2020. The unique database, created from documentary evidence (particularly newspapers), includes, for each deadly event, information about the weather event, the fatality itself, and related circumstances. A total of 2729 fatalities were detected during the 100-year period and were associated with various weather categories including frost (38%), convective storms (19%), floods (17%), fog (11%), snow and glaze ice (8%), windstorms (5%), and other inclement weather (2%). A detailed analysis was performed for each individual category. Fatalities occurred throughout the country, with a main maximum in winter (January) and a secondary maximum in summer (July), corresponding to the occurrence of extreme weather. Deaths were mainly interpreted as direct, caused by freezing to death/hypothermia or drowning, and occurred in the afternoon and at night in open countryside or on rivers and water bodies. Males outnumbered females, and adults outnumbered children and the elderly. Hazardous behavior was more frequent than non-hazardous behavior among victims. The information on fatalities and the structure of their characteristics strongly reflects historical milestones of the country, political and socioeconomic changes, as well as changes in lifestyle. Although important weather effects were observed on the deadliest events, the character of the data did not allow for clear evidence of the effects of long-term climate variability.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1323/2022, interní kód MU
Název: Environmentální a socioekonomické změny v geografickém výzkumu
Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Environmentální a socioekonomické změny v geografickém výzkumu