Risk management, risk communicaiton and resilience

Mountain areas in Switzerland, such as the canton of Graubünden, are threatened by natural hazard processes such as avalanches, debris flows, floods, landslides or rockfall. Appropriate management of the risks from these hazards is essential for the sustainable development of society in mountain areas. Creating knowledge and awareness about the impacts and risks of natural hazards, their uncertainties and possible future developments is central for risk communication and the elaboration of optimal combinations of measures within the framework of integral risk management. In this way, the resilience of society, i.e. the capacity for resistance, regeneration and adaptation, can be maintained and increased for both frequent and extreme events.

The group is developing risk-based and practical methods to help manage risks from natural hazards, taking into account uncertainties arising from climate change and societal developments. These methods can also be used in risk communication and support the development of optimal combinations of measures for adequate safety. Our work covers both rare extreme events and more frequent events.

More information: Research group Risk and Resilience

Projects

FORISK - Von Gefahren- zu Risikohinweiskarten: Pilotstudie Davos

Auf Basis der Gefahrenhinweiskarte Lawinen des Kantons Graubünden wird für zwei Gebiete in der Landschaft Davos eine Risikohinweiskarte erarbeitet.

Prospective natural hazard management SBB

Development of a method and a tool for risk indication mapping of mass movements along the railway network of SBB.

Sicher Wandern 2040

Auch in Zukunft sollen die knapp 65'000km des Schweizer Wanderwegnetzes möglichst gefahrlos begangen werden können. Eine Literatursynthese soll die für das Wanderwegwesen relevanten Naturgefahren identifiziert und Auswirkungen einer Klimaveränderung abschätzen.

Snow avalanche flow regime transitions and consequences for hazard mapping (CCAMM Task 2.3)

The aim of this project is to understand how increased temperature and precipitations will affect avalanche flow behavior, in particular flow transitions, and assess consequences for hazard mapping. For this purpose, we use experimental data from Vallée de la Sionne test site and DEM modeling.

Multi-hazard risk assessment framework (CCAMM Task 3.1)

The goal is to develop a multi-hazard risk assessment framework which is able to deal with several conjoint or cascading hazards as they can be expected as consequence of climate change in high mountain regions.

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