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Landslides and new lakes in deglaciating areas: a risk management framework

Schaub, Yvonne; Haeberli, Wilfried; Huggel, Christian; Künzler, Matthias; Bründl, Michael (2013). Landslides and new lakes in deglaciating areas: a risk management framework. In: Margottini, Claudio; Canuti, Paolo; Sassa, Kyoji. Landslide Science and Practice: Social and Economic Impact and Policies. Berlin: Springer, 31-38.

Abstract

New lakes forming in high-mountain areas due to climate-driven glacier shrinkage are likely to be located in areas of potentially unstable slopes. Therefore they are prone to impacts from rock/ice-avalanches and other types of landslides, which might trigger outburst floods causing damage farther down valley. In view of an integral lake management, a risk management concept for the Swiss Alps is proposed in this study, which consists of risk analysis, risk evaluation and the integral planning of risk reduction measures. The pertinent question is how risk, resulting from natural hazard process chains involved with landslides and new lakes, can be assessed. The present knowledge basis together with currently available models, methods and tools is herein reviewed. Knowledge gaps are mainly identified in the determination of future landslide detachement zones and in the evaluation of changes in landuse and damage potential.

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Item Type:Book Section, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography
Dewey Decimal Classification:910 Geography & travel
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > Earth-Surface Processes
Language:English
Date:2013
Deposited On:09 Oct 2013 11:37
Last Modified:28 Oct 2024 04:34
Publisher:Springer
Number:7
ISBN:978-3-642-31312-7
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31313-4_5
Related URLs:http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/natural+hazards/book/978-3-642-31312-7 (Publisher)

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