Assessment of landslide risk and mitigation in mountain areas

Objective

This project contributes to raise the prevention and mitigation of morpho-hydrogeological hazards and risks in Europe. A review of legislation and rules in European countries, of GIS analytical procedures for hazard studies, GIS techniques and multi-media tools, leads to propose and apply methodologies common to all the participants, for assessing hazard, vulnerability and risk in the study areas. Essential features of this project are, on the one hand, the integration of socio-economic and natural process factors with the aim of providing comprehensive information on natural hazards as well as their consequences for society, and, on the other hand, the appeal to GIS and information technology for the creation of database infrastructures, spatial data analysis, cartographic representation of hazard and risk, guidelines for mitigation actions, and communication with the decision makers and the general public.

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

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY

Address

C.so Stati Uniti 4
35127 Padova
Italy

Participants (11)

CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE

France

Address

Rue De L'argonne 3
67083 Strasbourg

ENGINEERING COMPANY GEOREM

Poland

Address

Mikolajczyka 59A
41 200 Sosnowiec

FUNDACAO DA UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA

Portugal

Address

Facultade De Letras De Lisboa, Alameda Da Universi
1600-214 Lisboa

INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANISATION OF THE POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Poland

Address

Twarda Str. 51/55
00 818 Warszawa

INSTITUTE OF HYDRO ENGINEERING - POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Poland

Address

Koscierska 7
80 953 Gdansk

POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE

Poland

Address

Skrzatow Str. 1
31 560 Krakow

THE UNIVERSITY OF MILANO

Italy

Address

Piazza Della Scienza 1
20126 Milano

UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA

Spain

Address

S/n,avenida De Los Castros S/n
39005 Santander

UNIVERSITE LOUIS PASTEUR, STRASBOURG 1

France

Address

Rue De L'argonne 3
67083 Strasbourg

UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA

Italy

Address

Largo S. Eufemia 19
41100 Modena

VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM - VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERWIJS

Netherlands

Address

De Boelelaan 1115
1081 HV Amsterdam