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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Fischer, Andrea
• Felbauer, Lucia
• Janicke, Andrina
• Helfricht, Kay
• Hoffmann, Helene
• Wild, Eva-Maria

Titel

Glaciers, Climate and People: Holocene Transitions in the Stubai Valley

Ist Teil von

• Mountain Landscapes in Transition, p.267-287

Ort / Verlag

Cham: Springer International Publishing

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Austrian Stubai Valley starts at the modern transport monument of the Europa bridge of the A13, the lowest motorway crossing of the Alps and ends way back at the ice-covered peaks of the main Alpine ridge. The glaciers released the valley floor of today’s main villages during the Early Holocene, but natural processes still are major macro-drivers of the valley’s economic development. The steepness of the slopes necessitates warning systems, technical barriers to prevent avalanches and mudflows, as well as land use planning. These are the major strategies for coping with the omnipresent natural hazards, which have shaped the valley landscape for centuries. The article presents a broad overview of glacier development and also compiles a wealth of existing studies on past and present processes from the Early Holocene to the Anthropocene. The synopsis reveals that the effects of climate change and extreme events cannot be anticipated or discussed without a profound debate of cultural practices in the various societies and that a story of transitions underlies the nearly continuous land use in the area during the last millennia.