Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
Alexandre Loye Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Klaus Holliger, Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Dr. Frédéric Liébault, Dr. Francesco Brardinoni, Prof. Oldrich Hungr This thesis is a compilation of projects to …
Alexandre Loye: Budgeting rockfall and modeling sediment delivery in torrent systems Read More
Marc Choffet Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Prof. Eric Verrecchia, Prof. Franco Romerio, Prof. Jean Ruegg, Dr. Markus Imhof In Switzerland, the annual cost of damage by …
Marc Choffet: Cost of Natural Hazards to Building and Influence of Risk Factors in the Context of Building Insurance Read More
Karen Sudmeier-Rieux Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Dr. Ronald Jaubert, Dr. JC Gaillard, Dr. Markus Zimmermann, Dr. Knut Falk In Nepal, landslides are one of the major natural hazards after epidemics, killing over 100 …
Karen Sudmeier-Rieux: On risk, resilience and vulnerability of mountain communities in Central-Eastern Nepal Read More
Andrea Pedrazzini Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Torsten Venneman, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Dr. Federico Agliardi, Prof. Masahiro Chigira, Prof. Giovanni Crosta Rock slope instabilities such as rock slides, rock avalanche …
Andrea Pedrazzini: Characterization of gravitational rock slope deformations at different spatial scales based on field, remote sensing and numerical approaches. Read More
Thierry Oppikofer Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Jean-Luc Epard, Prof. Torsten Vennemann, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Prof. Giovanni Crosta, Prof. Doug Stead, Dr. Lars Harald Blikra Slope movements, such as rockfalls, rockslides, shallow landslides or debris …
Thierry Oppikofer: Detection, analysis and monitoring of slope movements by high-resolution digital elevation models. Read More
Pascal Horton Directors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Prof. Charles Obled Jury: Prof. Francois Bussy, Dr. Dominique Berod, Dr. Daniel Cattani, Dr. Vincent Fortin The upper Rhone catchment is sometimes subject to …
Pascal Horton: Improvements and global optimization of the analogue method for statistical precipitations forecasting. Read More