Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
Two severe storms at one day interval have caused damages due to debris flow in Scuol (GR), lower Engadine, at the end of July . During two days of high precipitations in …
Bad weather in Graubünden, July 2015 Read MoreBad weather caused damages and evacuations in Western Switzerland in early May due to floods, debris flow and landlsides. Strong precipitations occurred on Western Switzerland in the beginning of May …
Bad weather in Western Switzerland, May 2015 Read MoreThe swiss Intercantonal Reinsurance (VKF/UIR) published a report on a hail event which occurred in Northern Switzerland in 2011. This report has been written in collaboration with our group. The study …
Publication of a report on a hail event Read MoreSimone Alber is a Master student from the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Germany). She will be working with us during the next three months (May, June, July 2015), some more information of …
MsC student visit: Simone Alber Read MoreRyan Kromer is visiting the group from Queen’s University in Canada. He is a masters student working on monitoring rockslopes along Canada`s vast rail network. Ryan is collaborating with our …
New visit: Ryan Kromer from Queen’s Univ, Canada Read MoreRoxana is a visiting PhD Candidate from the Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Austria and a Marie Curie Fellow working in CHANGES Project (Changing Hydro-meteorological Risks …
PhD student visit: Roxana L. Ciurean Read MoreA joint IUCN – UNEP – University of Lausanne workshop in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal on the topic of Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction was held April 21-25, 2015. The main …
UNIL-IUCN-UNEP workshop in Nepal concludes minutes before earthquake struck Read MoreThe Massive Open On-line Course (MOOC), “Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate”, co-developed by the United Nations Environment Programme and UNIL-ISTE researcher Dr. Karen Sudmeier has reached over …
MOOC reaches 11,000 + enrollments Read More23 persons of the Risk Group participated to the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly in Vienna, Austria, on 13 April to 17 May 2014. This huge meeting brought together 11’837 scientists from 108 …
Risk group @ EGU 2015 in Vienna Read MoreHello to everyone, Our short course at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly entitled “Use of 3D point clouds in Geosciences: Acquisition, Processing and Applications” was very successful and we …
Short course @EGU2015 Read MoreHello to everyone, We will be presenting a Short Course at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly. The course is entitled “Use of 3D point clouds in Geosciences: Acquisition, Processing …
SHORT COURSE at EGU2015 Read MoreWe have been invited for edit a special issue at Remote Sensing journal entitled: “Use of LiDAR and 3D point clouds in Geohazards” Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2015 …
Special Issue “Use of LiDAR and 3D point clouds in Geohazards” Read More