Biogenous Safety Standards against Natural Hazards
Abstract
Measurable changes in the climatic system of the earth point at the increase of extreme weather events in the near future. The statistics of the large insurance offices register a rapid increase in damage, caused by natural hazards, in the last 4 decades. The increase of track interruptions, bypasses and damages to property and/or persons caused by rockfall, debris flows, landslides and avalanches is to be expected medium-term. The goal of the present project “Safety Standards against Natural Hazards – SAN” are certificated standards for measures against natural hazards. In the actual project new and advanced developments of quantitative inquiry methods are accomplished to the sufficient description of natural hazards potentials. The standards to be compiled must be internationally applicable and carry out a substantial contribution to interoperability Trans European nets. First the methods of recognition of natural hazards and criteria of assessment are evaluated. Then a process orientated evaluation of the hazard potential takes place by means of different aids, like simulation models or risk analysis methods. The project results are examined on the basis of a demonstration object and represented in form of a geographical information system. The results of the project are method and measure catalogs, product requirement specifications for the future accomplishment of natural-space endangerments along railway lines in Austria. Those - world-wide for the first time - comprehensible and measurable certification of natural-spaced protective functions permits in the future a convincing discharge of achievements on the part of the infrastructure operators to a third party. The project regards thereby forest based and engineer-biological methods in the sense of sustainability.Certifying of safeguard standards will contribute in the future substantially to the solution of liability and insurance questions. Austria will secure and will develop its international authority Leadership within the range of protection against natural hazards. The project consortium exercises thereby an active role for natural hazards prevention and takes over an arranging function on a European level.
Soil bioengineering
Publikationen
Analysing slope failures as a decision support for soil bioengineering techniques
Autoren: Rauch H.P., Lammeranner W., Stangl R., Rachoy C. Jahr: 2007
Journal articles
A decision support tool for the selection of soil bioengineering construction types for slope stabilisation work
Autoren: Rauch H.P., W. Lammeranner, R. Stangl Jahr: 2008
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Project staff
Florin Florineth
Em.O.Univ.Prof. Dr.phil. Florin Florineth
florin.florineth@boku.ac.at
Project Leader
01.01.2005 - 01.06.2007
Johann Peter Rauch
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Johann Peter Rauch
hp.rauch@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-87404
Sub Projectleader
01.01.2005 - 01.06.2007
Walter Lammeranner
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Walter Lammeranner
walter.lammeranner@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.01.2005 - 01.06.2007
Rosemarie Stangl
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Rosemarie Stangl
rosemarie.stangl@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-87401, 87426
Project Staff
01.01.2005 - 01.06.2007
BOKU partners
External partners
ALP-infra, Scheikl + Henle OEG
none
partner
for-CERT Forest Certification Gmbh
none
partner
ÖBB Infrastruktur Betrieb AG
none
coordinator