Rockfall hazard mapping along a mountainous road in Switzerland using a GIS-based parameter rating approach

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-442

  Baillifard, F ^a,b   Jaboyedoff, M ^a,c   Sartori, M ^a,d  

^a CREALP Res Ctron Alpine Environ   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c Quanterra   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MAPPING; MOUNTAIN REGION; ROCKFALL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 1642342146     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-3-435-2003     Document Type: Article

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