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Displaying 15 of about 107 resultsThis paper addresses the visual communication issues with a focus on natural hazards which vary in time and space (such as the avalanche danger level) or purely in space (such as maps using the Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale, ATES, to communicate how different terrain is exposed to avalanches). This study is a follow up of a previous study on the effi…
Cette publication fournit un aperçu des chutes de neige, des hauteurs de neige, des risques d'avalanche et des événements entre 2017 et 2018 dans les Alpes suisses. Il fournit une analyse de situation mensuelle tout en couvrant les mois d'été. Une section est consacrée à l'activité volcanique qui s'est produite pendant deux jours en janvier.
L'analyse…
This report assesses the occurrence and impacts of disasters and the underlying hazards such as storms, extreme temperature events, forest fires, water scarcity and droughts, floods, snow avalanches, landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes and technological accidents in Europe for the period 1998-2009. It also addresses the advances in disaster risk reductio…
The final report of the ESPON 1.3.1 Hazards project shows the spatial patterns of natural and technological hazards in Europe as an overview on all NUTS3 areas and identifies possible impacts of climate change on selected natural hazards. The approach of the project was to use existing results of hazard research and to combine those in such a way, that…
Les avalanches sont, en France, les catastrophes naturelles les moins meurtrières et les accidents majeurs sont aujourd’hui exceptionnels. En revanche le nombre annuel de victimes individuelles est élevé (en moyenne une trentaine), en raison des accidents liés à la pratique des sports d’hiver. Une des raisons de ce phénomène est l’explosion,…
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Le plan ORSEC est un plan cadre gouvernemental, permettant d’organiser la réponse en cas de catastrophe de grande ampleur qui dépasse les moyens habituellement misent en place pour y répondre. Il permet d’appuyer le leadership du gouvernement sur l’organisation de cette réponse en clarifiant les rôles et responsabilités de chacun mais auss…
This plan is a sectoral policy document, jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Agriculture in order to improve the capacity of grassland disaster prevention and mitigation, maintain the security of grassland ecology, and promote the sustainable and healthy development of society and the economy in pastoral…
This report provides an assessment of the achievements and progress made in disaster risk reduction (DRR) by Philippines during the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It describes country’s recent experience with natural hazards and disasters, such as drought, cyclone, earthquake and avalanche, also presents national institutio…
Countries most affected in the period of 1990-2008: Bangladesh, Myanmar and Honduras have been identified to be the most affected. They are followed by Viet Nam and Nicaragua, Haiti and India The map shows the ten most affected countries (Down 10), with their average ranking (CRI score) and the specific results in the four indicators analysed.
The Glob…
This multilingual dictionary (Turkish, English and French) has been elaborated in order to face understanding and translation problems of specific terms linked to avalanches studies. The second part presents a translation from English to German of these terms.
In this study, the authors interrogate drivers and barriers of societal transformation in natural hazard management through case studies in Austria, France and Ireland focusing on attempts to integrate multi-functional protection schemes in the context of flood and avalanche hazards.
The authors find that transformative approaches have been mainly supp…
A database of fatalities caused by natural hazard processes in Switzerland was compiled for the period between 1946 and 2015. Using information from the Swiss flood and landslide damage database and the Swiss destructive avalanche database, the data set was extended back in time and more hazard processes were added by conducting an in-depth search of ne…
Gravitational natural hazards such as snow avalanches, rockfalls, shallow landslides and volcanic activity represent a risk to mountain communities around the world. In particular, where documentary records about these processes are rare, decisions on risk management and land-use planning have to be based on a variety of other sources including vegetati…
This report presents the institutional and legal framework for disaster risk reduction in Turkey, and describes its common disaster risks and natural hazards, such as flood, earthquake,land slide, storm, wild fire and avalanche. It outlines the strategies, plans, projects and activities related to disaster prevention and risk management.
The report pro…
This book represents a capitalisation of knowledge from previous EC research projects in the field of Natural hazards and, in particular, the CADZIE and SATSIE projects addressing the problem of avalanches. It talks about the design of dams and other protection measures in the run-out zones of wet- and dry-snow avalanches.
The book summarises recent th…