Quantitative risk analysis for landslides ? Examples from Bíldudalur, NW-Iceland

• Main Authors: Bell, R., Glade, T.
• Other Authors: Department of Geography, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2004
• Subjects: [SDU.ENVI]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Continental interfaces; environment; [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean; Atmosphere; [SDU.STU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences; Bíldudalur; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00299082; https://hal.science/hal-00299082/document; https://hal.science/hal-00299082/file/nhess-4-117-2004.pdf

International audience Although various methods to carry out quantitative landslide risk analyses are available, applications are still rare and mostly dependent on the occurrence of disasters. In Iceland, two catastrophic snow avalanches killed 34 people in 1995. As a consequence the Ministry of th...