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GravitationaL hazards Amplified by Degradation of protection forests and Extreme precipitation episodes

Project Leader

Lexer Manfred Josef, Project Leader

Duration:

02.05.2016-01.11.2018

Programme:

Austrian Climate Research Programme (ACRP) - Individual Project

Type of Research

Applied Research

Project partners

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Donau City Strasse 1, 1220 Wien Wien, Austria.
Contact person: Philip Leopold;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Federal Environment Agency, Spittelauer Lände 5, A-1090 Wien, Austria.
Contact person: Ivo Offenthaler;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner

Staff

Rammer Werner, Project Staff

Irauschek Florian, Project Staff

Schellander Paul, Project Staff

BOKU Research Units

Institute of Meteorology and Climatology

Institute of Silviculture

Subproject(s):

GravitationaL hazards Amplified by Degradation of protection forests and Extreme precipitation episodes - part Meteorology (GLADE-Meteorology)

Funded by

Klima- und Energiefonds, Leopold-Ungar-Platz 2 / Stiege 1 / 4.OG / Top 142, 1190 Wien, Austria

Abstract

GLADE will assess the protective effect of forests in Austria under different climate change scenari-os and quantify the vulnerability of infrastructure (roads, railways, electricity grids, settlement are-as) in relation to gravitational hazards (landslides, rockfall, avalanches). The effect of alternative forest management strategies on the residual vulnerability will be explored.
Core elements of GLADe are:
(1) Assessing the impacts of climate change on protective services of Austrian forests via pro-tection forest modelling emphasizing the role of disturbance regimes (current/alternative management)
(2) Assessing the impacts of climate change on landslide risk via intensified extreme precipita-tion regime (different climate scenarios)
(3) Pulling impacts together for hot spot mapping
(4) Assessing vulnerability of infrastructure for entire Austria at district level (72 administrative units) and elaborate response strategies to maintain forest protection functions.
The assessment approach will extend until 2110 and focus on 3 time slices (2030, 2050, 2085).

Keywords

Risk research; Soil mechanics; Forestry;