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Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Researcher at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Publications - 178
Citations - 28093
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz is an academic researcher from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. The author has contributed to research in topics: Climate change & Flood myth. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 167 publications receiving 26046 citations. Previous affiliations of Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz include Stanford University & Polish Academy of Sciences.
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The Great Flood of 1997 in Poland
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a holistic view of the 1997 Great Flood in Poland and make attempts to answer the questions: "Could the disaster have been avoided?" and "What lessons can be learned from the flood?".
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Assessing River Flood Risk and Adaptation in Europe - Review of Projections for the Future
Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz,Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz,N Lugeri,Rutger Dankers,Yukiko Hirabayashi,Petra Döll,Iwona Pińskwar,Tomasz Dysarz,Tomasz Dysarz,Stefan Hochrainer,Piotr Matczak,Piotr Matczak +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed to adjust design floods using a "climate change factor" approach, which is based on the prediction of flood hazard in Europe based on climatic and hydrological models.
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Floods in the IPCC TAR Perspective
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a guided tour to floods in the Third Assessment Report (TAR) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and show that large uncertainty is emphasized in the parts dealing with the science of climate change, but in the impact chapters, referring to sectors and regions, growth in flood risk is taken for granted.
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Impact and adaptation opportunities for European agriculture in response to climatic change and variability
Marco Moriondo,Marco Bindi,Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz,Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz,Małgorzata Szwed,Adam Choryński,Piotr Matczak,Maciej Radziejewski,Darryn McEvoy,Darryn McEvoy,Anita Wreford +10 more
TL;DR: In this article, a scenario of European agriculture in a +2°C (above pre-industrial levels) world was projected to assess the potential effect of climatic change and variability and to test the effectiveness of different adaptation options.
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Coping with hydrological extremes.
TL;DR: In more wealthy countries, it is the material flood losses that continue to grow, while the number of fatalities goes down Advanced flood preparedness systems can save lives and reduce hum as mentioned in this paper.