Longyearbyen, Svalbard - Vulnerability and risk management of an arctic settlement under changing climate - a challenge to authorities and experts

• Main Authors: Hestnes, Erik, Bakkehøi, Steinar, Jaedicke, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Montana State University Library 2016
• Subjects: Avalanche-RnD; Snøskred-FoU; Arctic; Longyearbyen; Midwinter; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Global warming
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3083286; https://arc.lib.montana.edu/snow-science/item/2293

Longyearbyen, the administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago, is facing most types of natural hazards under a changing Arctic climate. The catastrophic avalanche in December 2015 led NGI to review our professional work during 30 years of research and consulting in the community. Hazard zonati...