Potential of Documentary Evidence to Study Fatalities of Hydrological and Meteorological Events in the Czech Republic

• Published in: Water (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 10; p. 2014
• Main Authors: Brázdil, Rudolf, Chromá, Kateřina, Řehoř, Jan, Zahradníček, Pavel, Dolák, Lukáš, Řezníčková, Ladislava, Dobrovolný, Petr
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2019
• Subjects: 20th century; Annual reports; Casualties; Climate change; czech republic; Death; Diaries; Disasters; documentary data; Drowning; Evidence, Documentary; Extreme weather; Fatalities; fatality; fatality features; Flash floods; Floods; hydrological and meteorological event; Hydrology; Meteorological research; Methods; Mortality; Precipitation; Reinsurance; Social aspects; Czech Republic; Italy; United Kingdom > UK; Europe

This paper presents the potential of documentary evidence for enhancing the study of fatalities taking place in the course of hydrological and meteorological events (HMEs). Chronicles, “books of memory”, weather diaries, newspapers (media), parliamentary proposals, epigraphic evidence, systematic me...