Improved accessibility: Reliability and security of Alpine transport infrastructure related to mountainous hazards in a changing climate an introduction to the project PARAmount : Paper presented at the International Conference Mountain Risks: Bringing Science to Society. CNRS & University of Strasbourg, France; University of Firenze, Italy; University of Vienna, Austria
The Alpine Space Programme project PARAmount aims at improving hazard management strategies for the protection of road and rail networks, by means of adapting available tools and practices and introducing new approaches across the Alpine Space. The project brings together 13 institutions from five dif-ferent European countries. It is described here from the viewpoint of the Austrian project partner BFW and the project manager Prisma Solutions, presenting methodologies and first results from the Austrian study site in the Stanzer Valley. The current work in the project focuses on two main topics: a) In a regional SWOT analysis and risk management state-of the art, personal interviews, online questionnaires and a regional dialog group with stakeholders in the study area are conducted; first results indicate that a wide range of natural haz-ard management techniques are already in place, which will be used as a basis of future work; b) Regional and local analyses of the natural hazard potential (avalanche and debris flow) along the main road infrastruc-ture in the study area by examining existing hazard maps, building a specific natural hazard events database and collecting field data to drive several simulation models designed specifically for the project. First results from the regional analysis point to several hotspots along the road, which will be dealt with in a further more detailed step.
