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Extreme Environmental Events – A Proposed Classification (Based on the Example of Central Europe) Cover

Extreme Environmental Events – A Proposed Classification (Based on the Example of Central Europe)

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 44 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
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|Sep 2025

Figures & Tables

Fig. 1.

Simple taxonomy of extreme weather and climate events according to Stephenson (2008).
Simple taxonomy of extreme weather and climate events according to Stephenson (2008).

Fig. 2.

Intensity and duration of various extreme events according to Starkel (1999). A – short, sudden episodes; B – events that slowly build up and proceed quickly; C – events that appear suddenly and then spread further, 1 and 2 – differentiated reaction trajectories; D – events that slowly build up and disappear just as slowly.
Intensity and duration of various extreme events according to Starkel (1999). A – short, sudden episodes; B – events that slowly build up and proceed quickly; C – events that appear suddenly and then spread further, 1 and 2 – differentiated reaction trajectories; D – events that slowly build up and disappear just as slowly.

Fig. 3.

Spatial and temporal scales for different extreme events according to Starkel (2003).
Spatial and temporal scales for different extreme events according to Starkel (2003).

Fig. 4.

Types of hazard maps presented in the ISOK project.
Types of hazard maps presented in the ISOK project.

General concept of extreme event classification_

Main categoriesMeteorologicalHydrologicalGeomorphologicalOceanographicalOther
[M][H][G][O][X]
Types and subtypesM-1H-1G-1O-1X-1
M-2H-2G-2O-2X-2
M-3H-3G-3O-3X-3
……………
M-nH-nG-nO-nX-n
EventsCombined/Synergistic
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0033 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
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Language: English
Page range: 175 - 185
Submitted on: Jun 10, 2025
Published on: Sep 30, 2025
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
extreme events,
extreme phenomena,
natural environment,
natural disasters,
Poland
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2025 Zbigniew Ustrnul, Tadeusz Niedźwiedź, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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