History of Using Hydropower in the Moravice River Basin, Czechia
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00027073%3A_____%2F22%3AN0000030" target="_blank" >RIV/00027073:_____/22:N0000030 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00020711:_____/22:10154791 RIV/67985963:_____/22:00566194
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/6/916" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/14/6/916</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w14060916" target="_blank" >10.3390/w14060916</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
History of Using Hydropower in the Moravice River Basin, Czechia
Original language description
Water-powered facilities (WPFs) have traditionally been a pillar of the economy and social development. Therefore, the state took an interest in having these objects recorded and mapped in relevant maps and registers. This article focuses on identifying and localizing WPFs in the Moravice River basin in the so-called Sudetenland, Czechia, between the years 1763 and 2021. Specifically, the evolution and (dis)continuity of the WPFs are assessed through an analysis of cartographic and archival sources, reflecting the wider socioeconomic and demographic context as explanatory variables. The cartographic sources included old military topographic maps of Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia from four periods (the mid-18th century, mid-19th century, end of the 19th century, and mid-20th century) on the one hand and two state water-powered facility registers from 1930 and 1953 on the other. The archival sources included funds from regional and state archives. The results show that the count of WPFs peaked during the 19th century, after which there occurred a steep decline caused by societal and economic changes, namely, the expulsion of the local German population, nationalization in the postwar period, and economic and organizational transformations in the socialist era. Special attention is paid to hydropower plants, whose evolution reflects the outlined economic processes.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/DG18P02OVV019" target="_blank" >DG18P02OVV019: Historical water management objects, their value, function and significance for the present</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Water
ISSN
2073-4441
e-ISSN
2073-4441
Volume of the periodical
14
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
24
Pages from-to
916
UT code for WoS article
000774356400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85127362564