Title
Integrated assessment of high mountain hazards, related risk reduction and climate change adaptation strategies in the Peruvian Cordilleras
Date Issued
01 January 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Huggel C.
Frey H.
García J.
Giráldez C.
GÓMEZ, JESÚS
Haeberli W.
Ludeña S.
Rohrer M.
Salzmann N.
Schleiss A.
Schneider D.
Publisher(s)
Global Risk Forum (GRF)
Abstract
In the framework of an international 3-year project, called 'Proyecto Glaciares', effects of climate change on glacierized high-mountain hazards and adaptation in Peru are addressed on (1) local, (2) academic, and (3) institutional levels. Within the first nine months, a monitoring and early warning system for flood hazards in Carhuaz, Cordillera Blanca, has been designed and is currently in the implementation phase. Furthermore, the first 3 modules of a postgraduate course in glaciology, climate change, and hazard management were held in the city of Huaraz in June 2012 and will be continued during the next months.
Start page
329
End page
332
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oceanografía, Hidrología, Recursos hídricos
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84887205289
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings of the 4th International Disaster and Risk Conference: Integrative Risk Management in a Changing World - Pathways to a Resilient Society, IDRC Davos 2012
Conference
4th International Disaster and Risk Conference: Integrative Risk Management in a Changing World - Pathways to a Resilient Society, IDRC Davos 2012 Davos 26 August 2012 through 30 August 2012
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus