The evolution of the landscape and the behavior of the groundwater system are key
concerns for the long-term management of radioactive waste in deep geological …

In mountain territories, snow avalanches are a prevalent threat. Long-term risk management
involves defining meaningful compromises between protection and overall sustainability of …

Although snow avalanches are among the most destructive natural disasters, and result in
losses of life and economic damages in mountainous regions, far too little attention has …

Starting with an overview on losses due to mountain hazards in the Russian Federation and
the European Alps, the question is raised why a substantial number of events still are …

The transport infrastructure of Russia is exposed to multiple impacts of various natural
hazards and adverse weather phenomena such as heavy rains and snowfalls, river floods …

The criteria for zoning the surface fault rupture hazard (SFRH) along thrust faults are defined
by analysing the characteristics of the areas of coseismic surface faulting in thrust …

The values of the Voellmy friction parameters of 735 historical avalanches that have
occurred along 26 paths in the Chamonix valley, France, since 1958 are back-analyzed with …

Five avalanches were artificially released at the Vallée de la Sionne test site in the west of
Switzerland on 3 February 2015 and recorded by the GEOphysical flow dynamics using …

Due to intense urban sprawl in rockfall-prone areas, a precise rockfall risk assessment has
become a crucial issue for public authorities and stakeholders. In this context, quantitative …

Abstract Changes in mountain landscape can affect avalanche activity, causing changes in
risk, potentially enhanced by a transition of the socio-environmental system and its …