Evaluating the benefit of avalanche protection forest with GIS-based risk analyses-A case study in Switzerland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1910-1919

  Teich, Michaela ^a   Bebi, Peter ^a  

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

Author keywords

Forest structure; GIS; Process model; Protection forest; Risk analysis; Snow avalanches

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY FACTOR; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FOREST STRUCTURE; GIS; PROCESS-MODEL; PROTECTION FOREST; SNOW AVALANCHES;

RISK ANALYSIS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AVALANCHE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FOREST COVER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MONTANE FOREST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STAND STRUCTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GIS; PLANNING; PRECIPITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 63249108210     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.046     Document Type: Article

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