A safe space of rural areas in the context of the occurrence of extreme weather events—A case study covering a part of the Euroregion Baltic

Katarzyna Kocur-Bera

Land Use Policy, 2018, vol. 71, issue C, 518-529

Abstract: Ongoing climate change was first noticed by the public a few decades ago. The factual occurrence of such a change and its impact on the space were confirmed by both results of scientific research and economic assessments carried out for a variety of economic purposes. The economic sectors whose activities are based on natural weather conditions are most vulnerable to the effects of ongoing climate change. An increase in the number of extreme events, and primarily of their effects, are deeply felt by, primarily, the agricultural community. The study focused on the agricultural sector involved in crop cultivation within a part of the Euroregion Baltic. For analyses, statements on financial losses in agriculture, suffered in the years 2010–2014 and caused by extreme weather events (inter alia rainstorm, hail, cyclones, lightning strike, flood, spring frost, drought, the negative effects of over-wintering of crops), were used. By applying the theory of scale-free networks, a network of relationships was constructed, which allowed the authors to indicate sensitive places vulnerable to financial consequences of such events in rural areas.

Keywords: Extreme event; Changing climate; Influence on rural areas; Valuable (sensitive) area (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.11.013

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