Storms and Adverse Seasons

Eric L. Jones
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Eric L. Jones: University of Buckingham

Chapter Chapter 12 in Barriers to Growth, 2020, pp 101-108 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Historical treatments of the effects of storms, even the Great Storm of 1703, describe physical rather than economic consequences. Improvements included building lighthouses and stronger dwellings, adopting weather-resistant crops, spontaneous relocations of farming systems and eventually the under-drainage of fields. The incidence of storms and bad weather could be widespread and damaging but most were regional or local. Geographical diversity meant their effects were likely to cancel out.

Keywords: Great storm; Physical effects; Economic effects; Lighthouses; Stronger dwellings; Weather-resistant crops; Relocation of farming systems; Under-drainage; Effects cancelling out (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44274-3_12

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