INTERPRAEVENT 2016
Living with natural risks
The congresses of the international research society INTERPRAEVENT are held every four years in Europe and alternately every four years in Asia. The congress is now returning to Switzerland in 2016 for the first time since 1992.
Living with naturals risks
Avalanches, debris flows, floods, landslides and rock falls
Focus will be on integrated management of natural hazards and risks, equally considering causes of disasters as well as measures of prevention, preparedness, response and recovery in the view of global changes.
Topics
Risk governance and policies (objectives, strategies, communication)
Data acquisition and modelling (monitoring, processes, technologies, models)
Hazard and risk assessment (analysis, evaluation)
Hazard and risk mitigation (structural, non-structural measures, insurance)
Emergency management (emergency planning, early warning, intervention, recovery)
Book recommendation: The Technical Avalanche Handbook by Florian Rudolf-Miklau