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Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 2010-05, Vol.368 (1919), p.2461-2479
Climate change and geomorphological hazards in the eastern European Alps
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Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences, 2010-05, Vol.368 (1919), p.2461-2479
Ort / Verlag
England: The Royal Society Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr
2010
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Alma/SFX Local Collection
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Climate and environmental changes associated with anthropogenic global warming are being increasingly identified in the European Alps, as seen by changes in long-term high-alpine temperature, precipitation, glacier cover and permafrost. In turn, these changes impact on land-surface stability, and lead to increased frequency and magnitude of natural mountain hazards, including rock falls, debris flows, landslides, avalanches and floods. These hazards also impact on infrastructure, and socio-economic and cultural activities in mountain regions. This paper presents two case studies (2003 heatwave, 2005 floods) that demonstrate some of the interlinkages between physical processes and human activity in climatically sensitive alpine regions that are responding to ongoing climate change. Based on this evidence, we outline future implications of climate change on mountain environments and its impact on hazards and hazard management in paraglacial mountain systems.