Sustainable Natural Hazard Management in Alpine Environments

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Veulliet, Eric (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Johann, Stötter (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Geotechnical engineering.; Physical geography.; Landscape ecology.; Geoecology.; Environmental geology.; Social sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Physical Geography.; Geoecology/Natural Processes.; Landscape Ecology.; Social Sciences, general.

In the recent past a marked increase of the damages caused by natural hazard processes has been documented, for example by the Munich Re-Insurance. On a regional scale, a similar development can be observed in mountain regions such as the Alps, where it is particularly a rise in flood events that ha...