近20年来历史时期湖北灾害研究综述

On Disasters Studies in Hubei during the Past 20 years

近20年来,历史时期湖北灾害问题的研究受到学界重视,涌现出一大批高水平的研究成果。其中既有整体性研究的论著,也有对水灾、旱灾、疫灾和其他气象灾害的研究。学者们一致认为水灾是历史时期湖北最主要的灾害;宋元以后至明清时期各种灾害发生的频率和造成的损失渐次上升,这与自然环境的变迁及人地矛盾的激化有直接的关系。

During the past 20 years, studies on historic disasters in Hubei Province have been given much attention and many research achievements have been obtained, some on the collective study, some on flood, and others on draught, plague, and other meteorological disasters. The experts have concluded that the flood is the main disaster in Hubei Province, more and more frequent and disastrous, which is closely connected with the changes of natural environment and the contradiction between human and field.