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- Title: Glacier hazards in the canton of Valais, Switzerland: observation and categorization of 80 dangerous glaciers
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Martin Proksch, Evelyn Zenklusen Mutter, André Burkard, Pascal Stoebener, Martin Funk, Damian Steffen
- Description: Glacier hazards can threaten settlements, roads, railways or other infrastructure (e.g. cable ways, ski areas etc.). In the canton Valais in Switzerla...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_P02.20.pdf
- Keywords: glacier hazards, risk index, valais.
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- Title: varsom:regobs - a common real-time picture of the hazard situation shared by mobile information technology
- Date: 2018-10-07
- Authors: Rune Verpe Engeset, Ragnar Ekker, Tore Humstad, Markus Landrø
- Description: The regObs system is an open and mobile real-time system used for recording, storing and distributing data for assessing, forecasting and mitigating h...
- Object ID: ISSW2018_O18.1.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche, hazards, forecasting, mobile applications, field data
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- Title: Exemplary Actions of Education for Increasing the Resilience of Communities to Natural Hazards in High Mountain
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Paola Dellavedova, Océane Vibert, Luca Pitet, Jean Pierre Fosson, Valerio Segor, Alessandro Benati, Elisabetta Ceaglio, Nathalie Durand, Antoine Brulport
- Description: In response to actual climatic variations and global warming, highlighted by the scorching
summers of 2003 and 2015, major alpine faces within the Mo...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O4.02.pdf
- Keywords: mountaineering, natural hazards, education, resilience, risks, prévriskhautemontagne project
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- Title: Longyearbyen, Svalbard - Vulnerability and Risk Management of an Arctic Settlement Under Changing Climate - a Challenge to Authorities and Experts
- Date: 2016-10-02
- Authors: Erik Hestnes, Steinar Bakkehøi, Christian Jaedicke
- Description: Longyearbyen, the administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago, is facing most types of natural hazards under a changing Arctic climate. The cata...
- Object ID: ISSW16_O16.02.pdf
- Keywords: arctic environment, climate change, natural hazards, mitigation, research, consulting
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- Title: Mountain Safety in Snow Surveys
- Date: 2014-09-29
- Authors: G. Burelli, M. Curtaz, A. De Checchi, P. Dellavedova, E. Motta, J.P. Fosson
- Description: The first aim of Fondazione Montagna sicura (www.fondazionemontagnasicura.org) is the mountain safety improvement. Fondazione employs a pool of expert...
- Object ID: ISSW14_paper_P4.27.pdf
- Keywords: hazards, safety, field surveys, risk assessment document ,ppe (personal protectiveequipment)
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- Title: Road Network Management in the Context of Natural Hazards: A Decision-Aiding Process Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods and Network Structural Properties Analysis
- Date: 2013-10-07
- Authors: Tacnet J.-M., Mermet E., Zadonina E., Deschatres M., Humbert P., Dissart J.-C., Labbe S.
- Description: In mountain areas, transport infrastructures (roads, railways) are exposed to natural hazards such as avalanches, torrent floods and rockfalls. Road n...
- Object ID: ISSW13_paper_P1-69.pdf
- Keywords: snow avalanches, natural hazards, mountains, indirect vulnerability, roads, network structural properties, information quality
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- Title: Should We Stay or Should We Go Now: Assessing the Effectiveness of an Interactive Avalanche Terrain Hazard and Route-Identification Learning Tool
- Date: 2010
- Authors: Ranae Kowalczuk, Nick Hedley, John J. Clague
- Description: Avalanche educators are increasingly turning to Internet and computer-based interactive exercises to inform the public about avalanche hazards. Howeve...
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- Keywords: avalanche terrain, avaluator, hazards
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- Title: Avalanche Hazard Investigations, Ordinances, and Zoning, Salt Lake County, Utah
- Date: 2004
- Authors: David A. Scroggin, L. Darlene Batatian
- Description: This presentation will discuss the development of an Avalanche Hazard Ordinance for Salt Lake County, Utah. The ordinance was enacted after recognitio...
- Object ID: issw-2004-435-440.pdf
- Keywords: zoning, ordinance, slope analysis, hillside development, hazards, government approvals
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- Title: Natural Avalanches and Transportation: A Case Study from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA
- Date: 2004
- Authors: Blase A. Reardon, Daniel B. Fagre, Richard W. Steiner
- Description: In January 2004, two natural avalanches (destructive class 3) derailed a freight train in John F. Stevens Canyon, on the southern boundary of Glacier ...
- Object ID: issw-2004-582-597.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche history, avalanche forecasting, natural hazards, northern rocky mountains
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- Title: Integration of Remote Weather Stations with Advanced Telemetry Options and Remote Image Acquisition
- Date: 2002
- Authors: Benjamin Crane Johnson, Ken Irving, Larry Hinzman, Douglas L. Kane
- Description: Currently the University of Alaska Fairbanks Water and Environmental Research Center (WERe) maintains over fifty remote meteorological stations in Ala...
- Object ID: issw-2002-412-416.pdf
- Keywords: telemetry, climate, meteorological hazards and remote sensing
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- Title: Secondary Alpine Hazards Induced by the 1995-1996 Eruption of Ruapehu Volcano, New Zealand
- Date: 1996
- Authors: Harry (J.R.) Keys
- Description: Hazards due to the 1995-1996 eruption included lahars, ballistic blocks and ashfall, and a wide variety of secondary hazards induced by them, includin...
- Object ID: issw-1996-279-284.pdf
- Keywords: secondary hazards, lahar, avalanche, volcanic ash, skifield management
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- Title: Hazard Perception and Preparation by Cross-Country Skiers in Utah
- Date: 1990
- Authors: Kevin J. Kobel, Mike Jenkins
- Description: The growing use of wildlands for recreation in winter has placed increasing demands on resource management agencies. Winter hazards are substantial, a...
- Object ID: issw-1990-130-140.pdf
- Keywords: winter recreation, resource management agencies, hazards, safety
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- Title: Snow and Avalanche Training for the Armed Services
- Date: 1990
- Authors: John Montagne, Ronald F. Johnson
- Description: Military history bears out the seriousness of snow hazards in all campaigns in snowy mountain terrains. European armies of WW I and II benefitted grea...
- Object ID: issw-1990-141-151.pdf
- Keywords: military, snow hazards, terrains
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- Title: Hahn and Nelson V. Alpine Meadows Ski Corporation - Ruling Regardin Strict Liability Contentions on Motion for Non-Suit
- Date: 1986
- Authors: James D. Garbolino
- Description: This court has been requested to rule on the applicability of the doctrine of strict
liability insofar as it applies to the conduct of the defendants...
- Object ID: issw-1986-183-188.pdf
- Keywords: liability, avalanche control, hazards, fatalities
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- Title: Avalanche Litigation: Technology and Liability
- Date: 1984
- Authors: James L. Kennedy, Jr.
- Description: Anticipating hazards and allocating costs, avalanche litigation plays a positive role in avalanche protection. By deciding cases, courts provide an as...
- Object ID: ISSW-1984-099-101.pdf
- Keywords: liability, hazards, technology, costs, protection
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