Objective Glacier catastrophes like extreme floods due to lake outburst or sudden draining of internal water pockets and devastating ice avalanches are scarce but highly dangerous because unpredictable. Today, dangerous sites like moraine dammed lakes or serac falls are NOT systematically surveyed, by lack of knowledge and financial support. Dangerous sites are hundreds in Europe (F, CH, I, A, N, IS). Because of varying environmental and climatological conditions (increasing tourism, global change inducing a glacier retreat in the Alps-), the risk is increasing. The fight against this hazard starts with the development of a database gathering every information on past events and on actual dangerous sites. A durable network of field technicians will permanently up-date this database. Scientific studies on each phenomenon will be conducted on selected sites. Survey techniques and methods will be elaborated and tested in order to prevent and mitigate new catastrophes. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases Programme(s) FP5-EESD - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Energy, environment and sustainable development, 1998-2002" Topic(s) 1.1.4.-7. - RTD activities of a generic nature Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator CENTRE NATIONAL DU MACHINISME AGRICOLE, DU GENIE RURAL, DES EAUX ET DES FORETS Address Rue de la papetrie 2 domaine universitaire 38402 Saint-martin-d'heres France See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rue molière 54, université de grenoble 1 38402 Saint-martin-d'heres See on map NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Strada delle cacce 73 10135 Torino (turin) See on map NORWEGIAN WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY DIRECTORATE Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address Middelthuns gate 29 0301 Oslo See on map OFFICE NATIONAL DES FORÊTS France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Quai créqui 9 38000 Grenoble See on map SERVICE DES FORETS ET DU PAYSAGE Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Batiment mutua 1951 Sion See on map SOCIETA METEOROLOGICA SUBALPINA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via g. re 86 10146 Torino (turin) See on map SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZUERICH Switzerland EU contribution € 0,00 Address 37-39,gloriastrasse 37-39 8092 Zurich See on map UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND Iceland EU contribution € 0,00 Address Hagi holsvallagata 53 107 Reykjavik See on map UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address Mollke moes vei 85 0316 Oslo See on map UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Heilbrunner strasse 34 5020 Salzburg See on map
