User: Guest  Login
Title:

Alpine Landscapes of Defence: On Modern-Vernacular Avalanche Protection Systems in the Swiss Alps

Document type:
Buchbeitrag
Author(s):
Falser, Michael
Pages contribution:
399--422
Abstract:
This paper conceptualises modern, locally developed avalanche protection systems in the Swiss Alps as ``alpine landscapes of defence,'' which marked the decisive turning point when the alpine nations of Europe switched from early-modern reactive to modern Alpine proactive/preventive risk management against natural hazards. Using the sophisticated system of dry rubble wall constructions above the small mountain village of Goppenstein along the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway line (built in the mi...     »
Editor:
Schenk, Gerrit Jasper
Book title:
Historical Disaster Experiences: Towards a Comparative and Transcultural History of Disasters Across Asia and Europe
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Publisher address:
Cham
Year:
2017
Print-ISBN:
978-3-319-49163-9
DOI:
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-49163-9_20
WWW:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49163-9_20
 BibTeX