IFKIS - A basis for managing avalanche risk in settlements and on roads in Switzerland

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-262

  Brundl M ^a   Etter, H J ^a   Steiniger, M ^a   Klingler, Ch ^b   Rhyner, J ^a   Ammann, W J ^a  

^a WSL INSTITUTE FOR SNOW AND AVALANCHE RESEARCH SLF   (Switzerland)

^b Alpine Safety/Information Centre   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 2442656357     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-4-257-2004     Document Type: Article

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