Natural hazard prevention and the mountain land risk reduction in the Western Carpathians |
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Authors: | Peter Maas Rudolf Ondrá?ik Libor Jansky |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Engineering Geology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynská dolina G, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia;(2) Environment and Sustainable Development Programme, United Nations University, 150-8925 Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | The Western Carpathians are located out of world main natural hazardous zones. Human casualties are related more to snow avalanches
in connection with mountain hiking, some individuals yearly by flooding and rarely by forest fires. Economic lost about 0.1
to 0.2 %, exceptionally up to 0.8 % of the gross domestic product (GDP) proportionally to the Carpathian regions of particular
countries. Natural disasters are linked, except of the above mentioned events, to infrequent small and medium scale earthquakes,
landslides, and erosion. Records of the most harmful natural events are found in archives since the 16th century. Their systematic
study and factor analysis started from the end of the 19th century, and protective measures and organization of impact mitigation
developed during the 20th century to minimize the risk. |
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Keywords: | Natural hazards Western Carpathians Slovakia |
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