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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, OcÃ©ane 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, prÃ©vriskhautemontagne project; View additional details about Exemplary Actions of Education for Increasing the Resilience of Communities to Natural Hazards in High Mountain

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 BakkehÃ¸i, 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; View additional details about Longyearbyen, Svalbard - Vulnerability and Risk Management of an Arctic Settlement Under Changing Climate - a Challenge to Authorities and Experts

Title: Econome Develop â€“ A Software Tool for Assessing Natural Hazard Risk and Economic Optimisation of Mitigation Measures: Date: 2012; Authors: Michael BrÃ¼ndl; Description: In most countries, public money is used to finance the protection of human life, material assets and infrastructure against natural hazards. Limited f...; Object ID: issw-2012-639-643.pdf; Keywords: risk analysis, economic efficiency, risk-calculation tool, risk management; View additional details about Econome Develop â€“ A Software Tool for Assessing Natural Hazard Risk and Economic Optimisation of Mitigation Measures

Title: Avalanche Hazard Mapping - 30 Years Experience in Austria: Date: 2006; Authors: Siegfried Sauermoser; Description: Natural hazards are increasingly a limiting factor in mountainous countries in connection with the growing population and economical development. Peop...; Object ID: issw-2006-314-321.pdf; Keywords: avalanche hazard mapping, austrian service in torrent and avalanche control, natural hazard; View additional details about Avalanche Hazard Mapping - 30 Years Experience in Austria

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; View additional details about Natural Avalanches and Transportation: A Case Study from Glacier National Park, Montana, USA

Title: Size/Frequency Power-Law Relationships for Several Groups of Snow Avalanche Paths: Date: 2002; Authors: K.W. Birkeland, C.C. Landry; Description: Our poster summarizes the results of Birkeland and Landry (2002), where we direct the interested reader for more details on this research. Our results...; Object ID: issw-2002-031.pdf; Keywords: avalanches, power laws, size/frequency distributions, scale invariance, self-organized criticality; View additional details about Size/Frequency Power-Law Relationships for Several Groups of Snow Avalanche Paths