IFKIS - a basis for managing avalanche risk in settlements and on roads in Switzerland
After the avalanche winter of 1999 in Switzerland, which caused 17 deaths and damage of over CHF 600 mill. in buildings and on roads, the project IFKIS, aimed at improving the basics of organizational measures (closure of roads, evacuation etc.) in avalanche risk managemen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2004-01-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/4/257/2004/nhess-4-257-2004.pdf |