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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;
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