Flood Risk in Szeged before River Engineering Works: A Historical Reconstruction

Szeged situated at the confluence of the Tisza and the Maros Rivers has been exposed to significant flood risk for centuries due to its low elevation and its location on the low floodplain level. After the Ottoman (Turkish) occupation of Hungary (ended in 1686), secondary sources often reported that...

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Main Author: Szalontai Csaba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Szeged 2016-11-01
Series:Journal of Environmental Geography
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jengeo-2016-0007