Natural hazard fatalities in Switzerland from 1946 to 2015

A database of fatalities caused by natural hazard processes in Switzerland was compiled for the period between 1946 and 2015. Using information from the Swiss flood and landslide damage database and the Swiss destructive avalanche database, the data set was extended back in time and more hazard proc...

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Main Authors: A. Badoux, N. Andres, F. Techel, C. Hegg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2016-12-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2747/2016/nhess-16-2747-2016.pdf