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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-1481-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-21-1481-2025
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29 Aug 2025
Research article |  | 29 Aug 2025

Stable yet dynamic: a cross-era comparative case study of drought impacts and social responses in Germany and Jing-Jin-Ji Region (China)

Diyang Zhang, Rüdiger Glaser, and Michael Kahle

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Based on multilingual written documents and a common impact–response framework, this study compared six extreme drought cases in Germany and in the Jing-Jin-Ji Region (China) at different episodes of the transformation from agrarian to modern societies. The comparison not only reveals cross-regional commonalities in drought cascades and response patterns but also regards social development, rather than climatic or cultural contexts, as a main contributor to distinct drought–society interactions.
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