Dealing with the white death: Avalanche risk management for traffic routes

Risk Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-94

  Rheinberger, Christoph M ^a,b   Bründl, Michael ^a   Rhyner, Jakob ^a  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avalanche risk management; Cost benefit analysis; Optimal mitigation; Traffic routes

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; MILITARY OPERATIONS; PLANNING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SNOW;

AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT; AVALANCHE RISKS; CASE STUDIES; ECONOMIC IMPORTANCES; ECONOMIC VALUES; GENERIC FRAMEWORKS; HUMAN DECISIONS; HYBRID STRATEGIES; MITIGATION MEASURES; MITIGATION STRATEGIES; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; OPTIMAL MITIGATION; RISK REDUCTIONS; SNOW AVALANCHES; SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL MEASURES; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC ROUTES; TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES; WARNING SYSTEMS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AVALANCHE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SNOW; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; WARNING SYSTEM;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

AVALANCHES; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SWITZERLAND; TRANSPORTATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 58149201398     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01127.x     Document Type: Review

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