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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Internati<strong>on</strong>al</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Symposium</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Mitigative</strong> <strong>Measures</strong> <strong>against</strong> <strong>Snow</strong> Avalanches<br />
Egilsstaðir, Iceland, March 11–14, 2008<br />
Thorsteinn Thorkelss<strong>on</strong> ……...………………………………………..………….………………… 101<br />
ICELANDIC VOLUNTARY RESCUE TEAMS IN THE SÚÐAVÍK AND FLATEYRI AVALANCHES IN 1995<br />
Alexander Pl<strong>on</strong>er, Thomas Sönser, Peter Sönser and Werner Mauersberg …………………….. 107<br />
SUSTAINABLE SAFETY BASED ON ACTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT BY A<br />
CONTROLLED USE OF TEMPORARY MEASURES (presented by Daniel Illmer)<br />
Siegfried Sauermoser ……...………………………………………..……………………………….. 108<br />
AVALANCHE PROTECTION IN AUSTRIA − PRESENT STAGE AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT<br />
Leifur Örn Svavarss<strong>on</strong> ……...………………………………………..………………………….….. 115<br />
MONITORING AVALANCHE DANGER FOR ICELANDIC VILLAGES<br />
Ernesto Bassetti, Anne-Céline Desaulty, Muriel Ugn<strong>on</strong>-Fleury and Pascal Roux ….…………... 120<br />
THE GAZEX® AVALANCHE RELEASE SYSTEM (presented by Philippe Berthet-Rambaud)<br />
Hallgrímur Daði Indriðas<strong>on</strong>, Flosi Sigurðss<strong>on</strong>, Gunnar Guðni Tómass<strong>on</strong> and<br />
Kristín Martha Hák<strong>on</strong>ardóttir ……...………………………………………..……………………. 124<br />
AVALANCHE PROTECTIONS IN ICELAND DESIGNED BY VST CONSULTING<br />
ENGINEERS LTD.: EXPERIENCE AND EXAMPLES<br />
Ásgeir Ásgeirss<strong>on</strong> ……...………………………………………..………………………….………… 130<br />
INSURING AGAINST THE UNTHINKABLE: A PROFILE OF ICELAND CATASTROPHE INSURANCE<br />
Armelle Decaulne, Þorsteinn Sæmundss<strong>on</strong> and Helgi Páll Jónss<strong>on</strong> ……...………………………. 131<br />
EXTREME RUNOUT DISTANCE OF SNOW-AVALANCHE TRANSPORTED BOULDERS<br />
LINKED TO HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SOME CASE STUDIES IN NW- AND N-ICELAND<br />
Þorsteinn Sæmundss<strong>on</strong>, Armelle Decaulne and Helgi Páll Jónss<strong>on</strong> ……..…………………….… 137<br />
SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW AVALANCHE ACTIVITY<br />
AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR NATURAL HAZARD MANAGEMENT IN ICELAND<br />
Tómas Jóhanness<strong>on</strong> and Josef Hopf ……...………………………………………..…………….… 143<br />
LOADING OF SUPPORTING STRUCTURES UNDER ICELANDIC CONDITIONS.<br />
THE TYPE OF STRUCTURES AND STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS IN FUTURE<br />
PROJECTS. RESULTS OF A FIELD EXPERIMENT IN SIGLUFJÖRÐUR<br />
Örn Ingólfss<strong>on</strong> and Harpa Grímsdóttir ……...………………………………………..……….….. 151<br />
THE SM4 SNOWPACK TEMPERATURE AND SNOW DEPTH SENSOR<br />
Harpa Grímsdóttir ……...………………………………………..………….………………………. 157<br />
THE EFFECT OF AVALANCHES ON THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SETTLEMENTS IN ICELAND<br />
Eiríkur Gíslas<strong>on</strong> ……...………………………………………..………….………………………….. 163<br />
APPLICATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL AVALANCHE MODEL SIMULATIONS AT<br />
THE ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE<br />
Ragnar Jónss<strong>on</strong> and Egill Thorsteins ……...………………………………………..………….…... 169<br />
TOWERS FOR SNOW AVALANCHES IN 420 kV TRANSMISSION LINES IN ICELAND<br />
Tryggvi Hallgrímss<strong>on</strong> ……...………………………………………..………….……………………. 177<br />
SOCIAL EFFECTS OF MITIGATIVE MEASURES AGAINST SNOW AVALANCHES<br />
IN NESKAUPSTAÐUR<br />
Guðrún Jóhannesdóttir and Víðir Reyniss<strong>on</strong> ……...………………………………………..…….. 181<br />
NON-STRUCTURAL MITIGATION IN AREAS OF HIGH SNOW AVALANCHE<br />
FREQUENCIES IN ICELAND<br />
Stefán Thors ……...………………………………………..………….……………………………... 187<br />
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF MITIGATIVE MEASURES<br />
Jón Skúli Indriðas<strong>on</strong> ……...………………………………………..………….…………………….. 188<br />
AVALANCHE PROTECTION – SOME ASPECTS OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
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