The use of taxation records in assessing historical floods in South Moravia, Czech Republic

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3873-3889

  Brazdil R ^a,b   Chroma K ^b   Reznickova L ^a,b   Valasek H ^c   Dolak L ^a,b   Stachon Z ^a   Soukalova E ^d   Dobrovolny P ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c Moravian Land Archives   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CZECH REPUBLIC; HISTORICAL FLOODS;

CHANNELIZATION; FLOOD DAMAGE; FLOODING; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND USE CHANGE; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; TAX SYSTEM;

CZECH REPUBLIC; JIHOMORAVSKY;

EID: 84907494314     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-3873-2014     Document Type: Article

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