Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
by Pierrick Nicolet, Loris Foresti, Olivier Caspar and Michel Jaboyedoff: “Shallow landslide’s stochastic risk modelling based on the precipitation event of August 2005 in Switzerland: results and implications” Due to …
New publication in NHESS about landslide risk modeling 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 MoreTo celebrate the publication of a book on natural hazards in Switzerland, a conference entitled “Meteorites: from genesis to catastrophe” will be held at the University of Lausanne (Géopolis, room …
“Les météorites : de la genèse aux catastrophes” Conference by Prof. Ph. Gillet, EPFL (in French) Read MoreAbellán, A., Oppikofer, T., Jaboyedoff, M., Rosser, N. J., Lim, M. and Lato, M. J. (2014), Terrestrial laser scanning of rock slope instabilities. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3493 This …
New publication: ESPL state of science (terrestrial LiDAR on rock slopes) Read MoreWe are happy to communicate the launch of our SNIS project website. It was developed by Stephanie Jaquet (PhD student at the University of Bern and member of the project), …
SNIS – Website launched!! Read More
The CHANGES network was a Marie Curie Initial Training Network funded by the European Community’s 7th Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under Grant Agreement No. 263953. The overall strategy of the network …
CHANGES – Changing Hydro-meteorological Risks as Analyzed by a New Generation of European Scientists Read More
Large and small hazard events are already the main cause of mortality – second only to epidemics – for mountain populations in Nepal and a major impediment to rural development. …
Ecosystems Protecting Infrastructure and Communities (EPIC): Nepal-Reducing risk from landslides and flash floods Read MoreThis was a project carried out at the Group Risk of the University of Lausanne, in close collaboration with experts from the University of Barcelona, the Geological Survey of Norway, …
Characterizing and analyzing 3D temporal slope evolution Read MoreInternational Workshop – 02-04 December 2013 The goal of this workshop is to contribute to identify emerging issues and linkages between sustainable development, global migration, climate change and disaster risk …
International Workshop “Linking sustainable development, global migration, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction-Identifying emerging issues” Read MoreSNIS project “Sustainable Land Management in Mountain Regions of Bolivia and Nepal in the Context of Outmigration, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction” A meeting among the swiss partners from …
SNIS Project (Bolivia and Nepal) meeting Read MoreThis project was carried out with the collaboration of the Group Risk from the University of Lausanne and the Argentinean Geological Survey (SEGEMAR). The main goals of this project are: …
Slope instabilities mapping using GIS, Differential SAR Interferometry methodologies and field investigations along the National Road N7, Mendoza Province, Argentina Read MoreThis project was carried out at the University of Lausanne, in collaboration with: University of Bern-Centre for Development and environment; University of Neuchatel-Institute of Geography; International Union for Conservation of …
Sustainable land management in mountain regions of Bolivia and Nepal in the context of outmigration, climate change and disaster risk reduction Read More