Sustainable Natural Hazard Management in Alpine Environments
Veulliet, Eric / Weck-Hannemann, Hannelore / Johann, Stötter
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 has caused the maximum amount of economic damage. Three major aspects may help to explain this phenomenon: The changing frequency-magnitude relations...
