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Avalanche protection by forests — A choice experiment in the Swiss Alps
Olschewski, Roland; Bebi, Peter; Teich, Michaela; … - In: Forest Policy and Economics 15 (2012) C, pp. 108-113
Forests provide a variety of ecosystem goods and services to society, which often have the typical characteristics of a public good: non-excludability and non-rivalry. One of these services is avalanche protection of forests. A monetary valuation of this service would be helpful to provide...
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Avalanche protection by forests — A choice experiment in the Swiss Alps
Olschewski, Roland; Bebi, Peter; Teich, Michaela; … - In: Forest Policy and Economics 17 (2012) C, pp. 19-24
Forests provide a variety of ecosystem goods and services to society, which often have the typical characteristics of a public good: non-excludability and non-rivalry. One of these services is avalanche protection of forests. A monetary valuation of this service would be helpful to provide...
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Avalanche Risk During Backcountry Skiing – An Analysis of Risk Factors
Grímsdóttir, Harpa; Mcclung, David - In: Natural Hazards 39 (2006) 1, pp. 127-153
Skier-triggered avalanches are the main cause of avalanche accidents in backcountry skiing. The risk of accidents during backcountry skiing was analysed statistically and related to factors such as elevation level, aspect, stability rating and the time of the year. The analysis is based on a...
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Damage Potential and Losses Resulting from Snow Avalanches in Settlements of the Canton of Grisons, Switzerland
Fuchs, Sven; Bründl, Michael - In: Natural Hazards 34 (2005) 1, pp. 53-69
In the field of natural hazards, risk is usually expressed as a function of probability of occurrence and damage potential. A key factor in the development of avalanche risk is a change in damage potential. In this paper, the development of damage potential and losses is analysed for settlements...
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International Cooperation for Solving the Avalanche Problem in Turkey
GÜRER, İBRAHIM - In: Natural Hazards 18 (1998) 1, pp. 77-85
Due to its geographical location, geology and topography, Turkey mainly undergoes three different types of natural disasters related to gravity flows. They are floods, landslides and snow avalanches. The heavy snow falls during winter pose the hazard of snow avalanches. According to statistics,...
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Snow Avalanche Hazards and Management in Canada: Challenges and Progress
Jamieson, Bruce; Stethem, Chris - In: Natural Hazards 26 (2002) 1, pp. 35-53
Avalanche impacts in Canada, including fatalities, are summarized for residential and public areas, as well as roads, ski areas, backcountry recreation, and resource industries. Methods for managing avalanche hazard, which include defence structures, zoning, forecasting and explosive control,...
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Effects of Release Conditions Uncertainty on Avalanche Hazard Mapping
Barbolini, M.; Natale, L.; Savi, F. - In: Natural Hazards 25 (2002) 3, pp. 225-244
avalanche release conditions is affected bystrong uncertainties when associated to a return period. These sources of error … limitations in assessing the statistical implications of uncertainties. In the present paper the problem of release scenarios … distributions, accounting explicitly for inherent uncertainties in their definition. Both the theoretical framework of this …
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The Major Snow Avalanche Cycle of February 1986 in the Western United States
Birkeland, Karl; Mock, Cary - In: Natural Hazards 24 (2001) 1, pp. 75-95
Snow avalanches are a significant hazard in mountainous environments around the world. This paper investigates the major February 1986 avalanche cycle that occurred in the western United States, and broadly analyzes the avalanche, snowpack, and weather conditions at twenty sites. These analyses...
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Constructing accounting uncertainity estimates variable
Serdarevic, Nino - In: e-Finanse: Financial Internet Quarterly 8 (2012) 3, pp. 62-75
This paper presents research results on the BIH firms' financial reporting quality, utilizing empirical relation between accounting conservatism, generated in created critical accounting policy choices, and management abilities in estimates and prediction power of domicile private sector...
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Reverse logistics: RFID the key to optimality
Asif, Rezwan - In: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management (JIEM) 4 (2011) 2, pp. 281-300
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find ways to reduce uncertainties in Reverse logistic supply chain (RLSC … and builds model to relate RFID with uncertainties in order to optimize Reverse Logistics. Findings: RFID is really …
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