Rockfall hazard and risk assessment along a transportation corridor in the Nera valley, central Italy

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-208

  Guzzetti, Fausto ^a   Reichenbach, Paola ^a   Ghigi, Silvia ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defensive measures; Hazard; Risk; Rockfall; Transportation network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LANDSLIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS; SLOPE STABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; TUNNELS; WALL ROCK;

ROCKFALL HAZARD; TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS;

ROCK BOLTING;

CONCRETE;

HAZARD MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROCKFALL; SLOPE FAILURE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INVESTMENT; ITALY; LIFE EVENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK; ROCKFALL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC;

DISASTER PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGY; HUMANS; ITALY; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NERA VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA;

EID: 4544350809     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0021-6     Document Type: Article

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