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Comparison of different rock fall hazard mapping methods: challenges in harmonising current procedures

Vincent Labiouse, Jacopo Maria Abbruzzese

Rock falls represent a serious threat to communities living in mountainous areas in several European countries, and their potential hazard must be taken into account for an appropriate land-use planning and for establishing risk reduction measures. Europea ...

2011

Gestion des risques pour les laboratoires de recherche et d'enseignement

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The academic research and education risk problem as well as the diversification of risk types have increased concurrently with research development. Moreover, academia induces important worsening factors affecting risk such as high turnover of collaborator ...

EPFL2011

Improved Methodology for Rock Fall Hazard Zoning at the Local Scale

Jacopo Maria Abbruzzese

Rock falls represent a serious threat to communities living in mountainous areas in several European countries, and their potential hazard must be taken into account for an appropriate land use planning and for establishing risk mitigation measures. Rock f ...

EPFL2011

Risk analysis in research environment - Part I: Modeling Lab Criticity Index using Improved Risk Priority Number

Thierry Meyer, Amela Groso, Aristide Ramondgwendé Ouédraogo

Current available risk analysis techniques are well adapted to industry needs since they were developed for its purpose. All hazards present in industry are also met in research/academia, although quantities of some hazardous substances are smaller. Still, ...

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Despite numerous discussions, workshops, reviews and reports about responsible development of nanotechnology, information describing health and environmental risk of engineered nanoparticles or nanomaterials is severely lacking and thus insufficient for co ...

BioMed Central2010

Influence of national rockfall hazard guidelines on land-use planning

Vincent Labiouse, Jacopo Maria Abbruzzese

Basic principles of living with natural risks are established according to the experience of each country in facing this problem. The strategies adopted for evaluating rockfall hazards and for reducing the potential risk they represent may therefore lead t ...

2010

Comparison of two rock fall hazard mapping methodologies based on the French and Swiss guidelines

Vincent Labiouse, Jacopo Maria Abbruzzese

Landslide hazard mapping aims at providing very useful information for urban planning and for risk analysis. Though landslide risks represent a common threat to human lives and properties worldwide, the procedures applied for hazard and risk assessment are ...

2010

The need to cope with rockfall hazard and risk led many countries to adopt proper strategies for hazard mapping and risk management, based on their own social and political constraints. The experience of every single country in facing this challenge provid ...

2009

Systemic risks and hazards have become increasingly significant features of modern industrial society of which the network industries form a vital element. The idea of systemic risk, however, is much less prominent in the network industries compared to ban ...

2009

Climate change and natural hazards in the Grisons

Michael Lehning

On account of the current global warming, climate researchers warn of a possible increase in the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather conditions in the future. As an alpine canton, the Grisons are particularly exposed to such events. In the article, ...

2009