About the Project












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            * Stories of Drought: Local implications of extreme climate phenomena, how they are percei
            of actors to participate
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            ‘Stories of Drought’ is a multidisciplinary project which combines both natural and social
            (anthropology, sociology, landscape ecology, bioclimatology and geography). Its aim is to 
            how Czech society reacts to environmental changes which result from drought. On the basis 

            suitable tools are to be constructed in order to increase the number of ordinary citizens,
            stakeholders and public policymakers in the process of creating a common policy against dr
            consequences.


            The research and applied parts of the project are realised mostly in the Kyjov region and 

            Nové Mlýny Reservoirs Cascade.





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            * Aims of the Project
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            • facilitation of communication between interested parties in the studied localities (citi

            entrepreneurs, farmers, public policymakers and representatives, scientists, environmental
            • education concerning the issue of drought in Czechia and in the studied localities
            • reinforcement of citizen motivation for a sustainable water policy






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            * Outcomes

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            As a result of the ethnographic research, media analysis and archive materials analysis, a
            mapping and a bioclimate analysis, the following items are to be regarded as outcomes of t


            • workshops for experts—communication of knowledge
            • workshops for policymakers—deliberative and participant methods

            • workshops for EE coordinators and pedagogues
            • discussions and meetings with citizens
            • maps tracking the development of landscape structures, highlighting elements which are t

            drought
            • scenario maps anticipating the future development of the landscape
            • bioclimate description of the landscape

            • multimedia interactive applications





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            * Multimedia application
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            Thanks to the cooperation of social scientists, geographers and bioclimatologists, differe

            landscape change in the studied localities will be created on a fifty-year timeline,. Thos
            then made visual in the form of a publicly available online application. The application w
            of the landscape in specific localities using timeframes of the past, present and expected

            to contemporary trends of global warming. The application is for information and education