Information material

Swiss Hail statistics

Listed are the number of claims for damage from hail and by the elements, and the amount paid annually in compensation. As of 1996, the compensation includes the costs of damage assessment.

Bundesrat will Schutz vor Naturgefahren weiter verbessern

Medienmitteilung

Type list of anchoring mortars

Only protective structures against avalanches and rockfall catchment fences which have been built using officially tested and approved anchoring mortars are entitled to receive federal subsidies. Approved types of mortars are...

AdaptAlp - Natural Hazards and Climate Change: Dealing with the Uncertainties

The climate is changing – in the Alpine region too. According to the currently available scenarios, further warming and altered precipitation patterns may be

expected. This affects the frequency and intensity of extreme weather...

Living with Natural Hazards

Objectives and priorities for action of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) in dealing with natural hazards.

This document concerns the approach adopted to natural hazards, in particular flood protection (floods, bank...

Message from Switzerland_Climate Change and Natural Hazards (IDNDR-Forum '99)

An effective climate policy requires an integral prevention in order to minimise the human impact on climate. Further waiting for the implementation of climate protection measures makes allowance for an increase in the future...

DOMODIS:Documentation of Mountain Disasters

DOMODIS stands for Documentation of Mountain Disasters. It is a joint ICSU-CDR/ IAG project on mountaindisasters with support by INTERPRAEVENT.

Hydrologie der Schweiz: Ausgewählte Aspekte und Resultate

Hydrology is the science that deals with water on and below the surface, its various forms, how it circulates, its spatial and temporal distribution, its biological, chemical and physical characteristics and its interaction with...

Efficient flood risk management: How significant are river basins?

The final objective of the EU Directive on Flood Management is to produce a plan containing all required measures for each river basin unit. A decisive disadvantage of this procedure lies in the necessity for deterministic...

Hurricanes – More intense, more frequent, more expensive: Insurance in a time of changing risks

It is up to the insurance industry to incorporate in its risk management all the findings on the hurricane hazard, the loss potentials of storm surges and floods, and the factor of vulnerability. New loss distributions will...

Winter storms in Europe (II): Analysis of 1999 losses and loss potentials

The losses from the gales Anatol, Lothar, and Martin in December 1999 supply valuable new findings on the windstorm risk in Europe. A comparison with the

loss experience from the winter storm series in 1990 has led to a new...

Experience climate change

Our climate is changing. The ten warmest years since records began in 1861 have all occurred since 1991. Extreme weather-related catastrophes are increasing worldwide.

Wiederbeschaffungswert der Umweltinfrastruktur. Umfassender Überblick für die Schweiz

The study is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the replacement values of environmental infrastructures (EIS) in Switzerland and on the estimated average financial requirements for the maintenance of the functional...

Climate Change and Switzerland 2050 (2007)

This report describes possible impacts of climate change and vulnerabilities of the environment, economy and society in Switzerland due to the emission of greenhouse gases that are to be expected up to the year 2050. The...

[Translate to English:] Harmonisierung der Kriterien zur Schutzwald-Ausscheidung, Aktualisierter Synthesebericht zum Projekt SilvaProtect-CH Phase II

[Translate to English:] Am 23.09.2008 wurde der Synthesebericht zum Projekt SilvaProtect-CH Phase II letztmals aktualisiert.

Seit einem Jahr hat dieses Projekt eine neue Dimension erlangt mit der Modellierung der...

Advisory guide to Temporary Mobile Flood Protection Systems for use in emergencies

Temporary mobile flood protection is increasingly important. Just as the most extensive fire prevention measures are no substitute for the fire brigade, structural flood protection systems integrated during construction are not...

[Translate to English:] Verfahren zur Erstellung und Verwendung von Mikrozonierungsstudien in der Schweiz

[Translate to English:] In der Mikrozonierung werden seismische Einwirkungen basierend auf den geologischen und topographischen Standorteffekten berücksichtigt. Die neue Norm SIA 261 «Einwirkungen auf Tragwerke» (2003) ordnet den...

Climate Change and Natural Disasters in Switzerland

Whether Switzerland will be affected more frequently by natural disasters in the future will depend on the interplay between the different climatic factors and on local sensitivities. In order to make quantitative estimates,...

Dictionary of Flood Protection

The Dictionary of Flood Protection, a joint project between the Federal Office for Water and Geology and the Swiss Federal Chancellery, contains selected terms from a variety of subject areas such as hydrology, hydraulics,...

PLANALP Dokumentation von Naturereignissen - Feldanleitung

Die vorliegende Anleitung zur Dokumentation von Naturereignissen dient alsSchulungsunterlage sowie als Nachschlagewerk für die Geländearbeit. Neben organisatorischen Grundsätzen und Bausteinen einer optimalen Dokumentation werden...