Zbigniew W Kundzewicz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1572533 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zbigniew W Kundzewicz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zbigniew W |
| FAMILY NAME | Kundzewicz |
| SIGNATURE | KUNDZEWICZ Z W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3579-5072 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Heavy rainfalls in Poland and their hyetographs
In the light of observed variability in precipitation patterns, there is a growing need for comprehensive data mining of regularly updated rainfall recording databases. Therefore, an analysis of heavy rainfall and hyetographs was conducted using a 30-year high-resolution dataset from 100 rain gauges across Poland, covering 31 646 rainfall events. Distributions of rainfall depths, durations, and intensities were explored, and maxima were compared …
Emerging plagiarism in peer-review evaluation reports: A tip of the iceberg
Climate change adjustments in engineering design standards: European perspective
The European Commission Flood Risk Directive review shows that while many nations have embraced the concepts of flood risk management, there is still quite more to do in delineating risk–cost-effective measures and developing cost estimates and financing of those measures. Not mentioned are the necessary changes to existing design standards and protocols which will have to change in order to properly encompass climate change and variability, with…
Climate Change in the Media: Poland’s Exceptionalism
Poland is the largest hard coal producer in the European Union (EU), and remains very dependent on coal for its energy. Despite the significant long-term implications of EU mitigation policies for the Polish economy, coverage of climate change and policy in the Polish media remains very low. This study of the coverage both in print media and on television of the 2013/2014 Assessment Reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows t…
From “atmosfear” to climate action
Changes in risk of extreme weather events in Europe
Inconvenience versus Rationality: Reflections on Different Faces of Climate Contrarianism in Poland and Norway
There has been increasing scientific evidence related to climate change and its attribution, impacts, and possibilities of mitigation. Yet, climate contrarianism still persists. This paper concentrates on Poland and Norway—two fossil fuel giants that represent essential differences on climate contrarianism. In Norway there is a broad social and political consensus about the attribution and importance of climate change and a motivation to undertak…
Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources
The European Union approach to flood risk management and improving societal resilience: Lessons from the implementation of the Floods Directive in six European countries
Priest, S. J., C. Suykens, H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, T. Schellenberger, S. B. Goytia, Z. W. Kundzewicz, W. J. Van Doorn-Hoekveld, J.-C. Beyers, and S. Homewood. 2016. The European Union approach to flood risk management and improving societal resilience: lessons from the implementation of the Floods Directive in six European countries. Ecology and Society 21(4):50. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08913-210450
Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of flood risk management strategies the way forward
Hegger, D. L. T., P. P. J. Driessen, M. Wiering, H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, Z. W. Kundzewicz, P. Matczak, A. Crabbé, G. T. Raadgever, M. H. N. Bakker, S. J. Priest, C. Larrue, and K. Ek. 2016. Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of flood risk management strategies the way forward? Ecology and Society 21(4):52. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08854-210452
Toward more resilient flood risk governance
Driessen, P. P. J., D. L. T. Hegger, M. H. N. Bakker, M. H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, and Z. W. Kundzewicz. 2016. Toward more resilient flood risk governance. Ecology and Society 21(4):53. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08921-210453
Flood risk and climate change: Global and regional perspectives
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven by the expanding exposure of assets at risk. It has not been possible to attribute rain-generated peak streamflow trends to anthropogenic climate change over the past several decades. Projected increases in the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall, based o…
Asynchronous exposure to global warming: Freshwater resources and terrestrial ecosystems
This modelling study demonstrates at what level of global mean temperature rise .1Tg/ regions will be \nexposed to significant decreases of freshwater availability and changes to terrestrial ecosystems. Projections \nare based on a new, consistent set of 152 climate scenarios (eight 1Tg trajectories reaching 1.5–5 C above \npre-industrial levels by 2100, each scaled with spatial patterns from 19 general circulation models). The results \nsuggest …
Understanding flood regime changes in Europe: A State of the Art Assessment
There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The paper reviews the current knowledge on flood regime changes in European rivers that has been obtained through two approaches. The first approach is the detection of change based on observed flood events. Current methods are reviewed together with their challenges and oppor…
Discharge projection in the Yangtze River basin under different emission scenarios based on the artificial neural networks
Climate change regional review: Poland
Poland is a country where a climate change warming signal can be detected in temperature, but observed changes in other variables, and especially in precipitation, are complex. Temperature projections indicate further warming, but models do not agree as to seasonal distribution of changes in precipitation. This article reviews evidence for climate change and its impacts in Poland, in the context of observations and projections. It also reviews va…
The use of scenarios as the basis for combined assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation
Discharge of large Asian rivers – Observations and projections
Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?
Climate change undermines a basic assumption that historically has facilitated management of water supplies, demands, and risks.
Seasonal precipitation changes in the wet season and their influence on flood/drought hazards in the Yangtze River Basin, China
Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of flood risk management strategies the way forward
Hegger, D. L. T., P. P. J. Driessen, M. Wiering, H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, Z. W. Kundzewicz, P. Matczak, A. Crabbé, G. T. Raadgever, M. H. N. Bakker, S. J. Priest, C. Larrue, and K. Ek. 2016. Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of flood risk management strategies the way forward? Ecology and Society 21(4):52. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08854-210452
The use of scenarios as the basis for combined assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation
Toward more resilient flood risk governance
Driessen, P. P. J., D. L. T. Hegger, M. H. N. Bakker, M. H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, and Z. W. Kundzewicz. 2016. Toward more resilient flood risk governance. Ecology and Society 21(4):53. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08921-210453
Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources
Changes in risk of extreme weather events in Europe
From “atmosfear” to climate action
The European Union approach to flood risk management and improving societal resilience: Lessons from the implementation of the Floods Directive in six European countries
Priest, S. J., C. Suykens, H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, T. Schellenberger, S. B. Goytia, Z. W. Kundzewicz, W. J. Van Doorn-Hoekveld, J.-C. Beyers, and S. Homewood. 2016. The European Union approach to flood risk management and improving societal resilience: lessons from the implementation of the Floods Directive in six European countries. Ecology and Society 21(4):50. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08913-210450
Understanding flood regime changes in Europe: A State of the Art Assessment
There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The paper reviews the current knowledge on flood regime changes in European rivers that has been obtained through two approaches. The first approach is the detection of change based on observed flood events. Current methods are reviewed together with their challenges and oppor…
Climate change regional review: Poland
Poland is a country where a climate change warming signal can be detected in temperature, but observed changes in other variables, and especially in precipitation, are complex. Temperature projections indicate further warming, but models do not agree as to seasonal distribution of changes in precipitation. This article reviews evidence for climate change and its impacts in Poland, in the context of observations and projections. It also reviews va…
Stationarity Is Dead: Whither Water Management?
Climate change undermines a basic assumption that historically has facilitated management of water supplies, demands, and risks.
Seasonal precipitation changes in the wet season and their influence on flood/drought hazards in the Yangtze River Basin, China
Discharge of large Asian rivers – Observations and projections
The use of scenarios as the basis for combined assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation
Discharge projection in the Yangtze River basin under different emission scenarios based on the artificial neural networks
Climate change regional review: Poland
Poland is a country where a climate change warming signal can be detected in temperature, but observed changes in other variables, and especially in precipitation, are complex. Temperature projections indicate further warming, but models do not agree as to seasonal distribution of changes in precipitation. This article reviews evidence for climate change and its impacts in Poland, in the context of observations and projections. It also reviews va…
Asynchronous exposure to global warming: Freshwater resources and terrestrial ecosystems
This modelling study demonstrates at what level of global mean temperature rise .1Tg/ regions will be \nexposed to significant decreases of freshwater availability and changes to terrestrial ecosystems. Projections \nare based on a new, consistent set of 152 climate scenarios (eight 1Tg trajectories reaching 1.5–5 C above \npre-industrial levels by 2100, each scaled with spatial patterns from 19 general circulation models). The results \nsuggest …
Understanding flood regime changes in Europe: A State of the Art Assessment
There is growing concern that flooding is becoming more frequent and severe in Europe. A better understanding of flood regime changes and their drivers is therefore needed. The paper reviews the current knowledge on flood regime changes in European rivers that has been obtained through two approaches. The first approach is the detection of change based on observed flood events. Current methods are reviewed together with their challenges and oppor…
Flood risk and climate change: Global and regional perspectives
A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven by the expanding exposure of assets at risk. It has not been possible to attribute rain-generated peak streamflow trends to anthropogenic climate change over the past several decades. Projected increases in the frequency and intensity of heavy rainfall, based o…
The European Union approach to flood risk management and improving societal resilience: Lessons from the implementation of the Floods Directive in six European countries
Priest, S. J., C. Suykens, H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, T. Schellenberger, S. B. Goytia, Z. W. Kundzewicz, W. J. Van Doorn-Hoekveld, J.-C. Beyers, and S. Homewood. 2016. The European Union approach to flood risk management and improving societal resilience: lessons from the implementation of the Floods Directive in six European countries. Ecology and Society 21(4):50. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08913-210450
Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of flood risk management strategies the way forward
Hegger, D. L. T., P. P. J. Driessen, M. Wiering, H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, Z. W. Kundzewicz, P. Matczak, A. Crabbé, G. T. Raadgever, M. H. N. Bakker, S. J. Priest, C. Larrue, and K. Ek. 2016. Toward more flood resilience: Is a diversification of flood risk management strategies the way forward? Ecology and Society 21(4):52. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08854-210452
Toward more resilient flood risk governance
Driessen, P. P. J., D. L. T. Hegger, M. H. N. Bakker, M. H. F. M. W. Van Rijswick, and Z. W. Kundzewicz. 2016. Toward more resilient flood risk governance. Ecology and Society 21(4):53. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08921-210453
Uncertainty in climate change impacts on water resources
Inconvenience versus Rationality: Reflections on Different Faces of Climate Contrarianism in Poland and Norway
There has been increasing scientific evidence related to climate change and its attribution, impacts, and possibilities of mitigation. Yet, climate contrarianism still persists. This paper concentrates on Poland and Norway—two fossil fuel giants that represent essential differences on climate contrarianism. In Norway there is a broad social and political consensus about the attribution and importance of climate change and a motivation to undertak…
Climate Change in the Media: Poland’s Exceptionalism
Poland is the largest hard coal producer in the European Union (EU), and remains very dependent on coal for its energy. Despite the significant long-term implications of EU mitigation policies for the Polish economy, coverage of climate change and policy in the Polish media remains very low. This study of the coverage both in print media and on television of the 2013/2014 Assessment Reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows t…
From “atmosfear” to climate action
Changes in risk of extreme weather events in Europe
Climate change adjustments in engineering design standards: European perspective
The European Commission Flood Risk Directive review shows that while many nations have embraced the concepts of flood risk management, there is still quite more to do in delineating risk–cost-effective measures and developing cost estimates and financing of those measures. Not mentioned are the necessary changes to existing design standards and protocols which will have to change in order to properly encompass climate change and variability, with…
Emerging plagiarism in peer-review evaluation reports: A tip of the iceberg
Heavy rainfalls in Poland and their hyetographs
In the light of observed variability in precipitation patterns, there is a growing need for comprehensive data mining of regularly updated rainfall recording databases. Therefore, an analysis of heavy rainfall and hyetographs was conducted using a 30-year high-resolution dataset from 100 rain gauges across Poland, covering 31 646 rainfall events. Distributions of rainfall depths, durations, and intensities were explored, and maxima were compared …
Environmental Science (15 works) · Climate change (13 works) · Geography (13 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Environmental resource management (10 works) · Flood Risk Assessment and Management (10 works) · Economics (7 works) · Flood myth (7 works) · Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (7 works) · Political science (7 works)