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Manage No DI00000782 Country Republic of Korea Author Michael Bruendl, Head Research Group Avalanche Dynamics and Risk Management, WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF Published Year 2020 Language English Copyright Attach File View (ENG)

Description | Snow avalanches pose a threat to alpine communities because they affect safety in villages and of human infrastructures such as ski pistes or traffic routes. Dealing with avalanche danger and risk has a long tradition in Alpine countries and although strategies have been adapted over the centuries, the general principles remained the same: preventing the release of avalanches or reducing their size, influencing its direction of movement or avoiding the presence of objects in endangered areas either in the long term or in the short term. |
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