scholarly journals Waldweide im Alpenraum. Neubewertung einer traditionellen Mehrfachnutzung | Forest grazing in alpine regions: a re-evaluation of a multi-usage tradition

2004 ◽  
Vol 155 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Corinna Mayer ◽  
Veronika Stöckli ◽  
Nikolaus Gotsch ◽  
Werner Konold ◽  
Michael Kreuzer
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Forest Structure ◽  
Forest Area ◽  
Stocking Rate ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Forest Grazing ◽  
Alpine Regions ◽  
Browsing Damage ◽  
Sustainable Protection ◽  
Animal Stocking Rate

The results of the research project show that subalpine wood pastures produce a heterogenous forest structure, which provide appropriate forage for cattle as well as sustainable protection from natural hazards. A condition is that the animal stocking rate does not exceed a certain level in order to keep browsing damage to a minimum, thereby influencing as little as possible the regeneration of the forest. A close combination of forest and pasture provides better protection from avalanches than the separation of forest area from enlarged open pastures.

Potential impact of natural hazards on water supply systems in Alpine regions

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Möderl ◽  
D. Vanham ◽  
S. De Toffo ◽  
W. Rauch
Keyword(s):  
Water Supply ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Water Supply Systems ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Prevention Measures ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Alpine Regions ◽  
Definition Of

One of the most important aspects in water supply management is supply security. In this article a methodology is introduced to first identify vulnerable sites of a water supply system (WSS) and second to estimate the potential effect of alpine natural hazards on this system. The approach serves for the definition of zones with low, medium and high potential risk by combining vulnerability and hazard maps. This approach enables the possibility to accomplish prevention measures on risky sites considering the available budget. A management support tool (VulNetWS - Vulnerability of Water Supply Networks) is developed which quantifies vulnerability based on hydraulic and quality simulations assuming component failure of each single WSS component. Hazards of flooding, landslide, debris flow and avalanches are calculated and categorized in potential low, medium and high hazard zones. For this analysis different GIS data sets (e.g. Austrian hazard zone maps, HORA “Flood Risk Zoning”) are used. The methodology is presented by applying it upon an alpine region encompassing the municipality of Kitzbühel (Tyrol - Austria) and 4 neighbouring municipalities. The combination of vulnerability and hazard is summarized using a risk matrix that highlights a zone of 0.42 square kilometres within the study area as being potentially risky.

scholarly journals Model Pengelolaan Ternak di Sekitar Hutan Gunung Mutis dan Dampaknya terhadap Kelestarian Hutan

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahman Kurniadi ◽  
Herry Purnomo ◽  
Nurheni Wijayanto ◽  
Asnath Maria Fuah
Keyword(s):  
Forest Area ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Forest Grazing ◽  
Livestock Management ◽  
Management Models ◽  
Financial Feasibility ◽  
The Government ◽  
Negative Impacts

Penelitian ini mengkaji kelayakan finansial dan dampak dari model pengelolaan ternak yang ditemukan di sekitar hutan Gunung Mutis di Pulau Timor. Data dikumpulkan melalui wawancara terhadap 40 masyarakat sekitar hutan. Terdapat dua model pengelolaan ternak yang ditemukan di sekitar hutan. Model pertama adalah model pemeliharaan ternak di dalam kandang dan model kedua adalah model penggembalaan ternak di hutan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kedua model layak secara finansial. Namun demikian, jika menggunakan biaya tenaga kerja komersial, model pemeliharaan ternak di dalam kandang secara finansial tidak layak untuk dilakukan, sedangkan model penggembalaan di hutan layak secara finansial. Model pengelolaan ternak di dalam hutan berdampak negatif terhadap regenerasi pohon sedangkan model pemeliharaan ternak di dalam kandang tidak berdampak negatif terhadap kelestarian hutan. Dari hasil penelitian disarankan agar pemerintah membatasi areal untuk penggembalaan ternak di hutan.Kata kunci: kelayakan finansial; model silvopasture; Mutis; penggembalaan ternak hutan; Timor Livestock Management Models Around Mt. Mutis Forest and Its Impact on Forest SustainabilityAbstractThe study examined the financial feasibility and impacts of livestock management models found around Mt. Mutis forest in Timor Island of Indonesia. Data was collected through interviewing 40 communities around the forest. There were two livestock management models around the forest, the first model was livestock management which raise livestock in the cattle pen, and the second model was livestock management which graze livestock in the forest. This study found that both livestock management models were financially feasible. However, if commercial cost of workers was counted, the livestock management model which raise livestock in the cattle pen was financially not feasible while livestock management model which graze livestock in the forest was financially feasible. Livestock management model which graze livestock in the forest however had negative impacts on the regeneration of trees. On the basis of this study, it is suggested that the government should limit the forest area that could be used for forest grazing.

scholarly journals Nachhaltiger Schutzwald entlang von Fliessgewässern | Sustainable protection forest along bodies of flowing water

2008 ◽  
Vol 159 (7) ◽  
pp. 198-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvio Covi
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Flowing Water ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Project Organization ◽  
Protection Forest ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sustainable Protection ◽  
Protection Forests

As a result of the flooding in the summer of 2005, the canton Lucerne is paying more attention to the protection forests along bodies of flowing water. Within the mapping framework of protection forests, a new category entitled “channel protection forest” has been assessed. The project “sustainable protection forest along bodies of flowing water” (Nasef) recognizes the sections of forested channels which may pose a risk in terms of natural hazards for people as well as for significant material assets. It evaluates what actions are needed in a harmonized way and sets the priorities for the necessary actions. The basis for evaluation and translation are the guidelines “sustainability and measurement of results for protection forests” (NaiS), which have been further developed by taking into account the forest stands growing on the banks of brooks. The objectives of Nasef are the preventive management of the protection forest growing along bodies of flowing water and, in the long term, the stabilization of the brook banks. This raises the considerable challenge to coordinate sylvicultural measures in protection forests in combination with maintenance measures within the flooding area. The article describes the basic conditions, history of origin, project organization, translation and first experiences with Nasef.

Natural hazard risk management for cultural heritage assets: advances in the context of the RIACT research project

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Romão ◽  
Rui Figueiredo ◽  
Esmeralda Paupério ◽  
Gerardo Salazar ◽  
Olha Tikhonova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Natural Hazard ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Risk Indicators ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Hazard Risk ◽  
Loss Data ◽  
Post Disaster

<p>Cultural heritage is universally recognized as an essential part of the socio-cultural and economic capital of a country. Current policies emphasize the strong contribution and cross-cutting nature of cultural heritage to achieve strategic goals for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Furthermore, the important role that cultural heritage plays in creating and enhancing social capital has been particularly highlighted, as well as its economic impact. Nevertheless, natural hazards cause serious threats to cultural heritage, and severe damage and losses are recurrently seen to affect it due to these types of events. While such impacts can be seen to stem from a variety of sources, their physical characteristics play a significant role in their vulnerability to natural hazards. Therefore, it is imperative to explicitly consider cultural heritage in natural hazard risk reduction and management initiatives, from local to national and global scales, supported by rational and knowledge-based vulnerability and risk assessment studies.</p><p>However, the development of such assessments for a large number of cultural heritage assets in a region presents several challenges. Firstly, there is a shortage of methodological approaches to model the vulnerability and risk of cultural heritage assets to different natural hazards. Secondly, performing detailed vulnerability/risk analyses for every cultural heritage asset on a large scale (i.e. across a region or a country) would require resources that are unavailable in most cases. Finally, adequate post-disaster damage and loss data to support the development of methodologies is almost inexistent in this sector, namely due to a lack of approaches to do so, and to the difficulties in expressing intangible losses in quantitative terms.</p><p>In this context, this presentation will showcase recent advances in these fields developed within the ongoing research project RIACT (Risk Indicators for the Analysis of Cultural Heritage under Threat). These include the development of simple but robust approaches for the analysis of the vulnerability and risk of cultural heritage at various scales and their application in pilot case studies, the development of a database for collecting disaster damage and loss data in the cultural heritage sector, and the development of methodologies for cultural heritage disaster damage valuation and value-based post-disaster recovery prioritization. Ultimately, these research efforts aim to support stakeholders responsible for cultural heritage management and preservation in improving their adaptive capacity to plan for and respond to natural hazards.</p>

Effect of manipulating animal stocking rate on the carbon storage capacity in a degraded desert steppe

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1001-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhongwu Wang ◽  
Guodong Han ◽  
Xiying Hao ◽  
Mengli Zhao ◽  
Haijun Ding ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Storage Capacity ◽  
Desert Steppe ◽  
Stocking Rate ◽  
Animal Stocking Rate

scholarly journals Naturgefahren – vom Einzelbild zur Gesamtbetrachtung | Natural hazards – from single events to complete coverage

2001 ◽  
Vol 152 (5) ◽  
pp. 199-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Frey ◽  
Christian Wilhelm ◽  
Bernhard Krummenacher
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Complete Coverage ◽  
Successful Development ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Alpine Regions ◽  
Landscape Use

When dealing with natural hazards our society must optimise important technical, sociological and economical measures including landscape use. Natural hazards are particularly important in Alpine regions where successful development is linked to rational and economically tolerable safety measures.

Reflections on the Cognitive Interviewing Reporting Framework

Methodology ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Willis ◽  
Hennie Boeije
Keyword(s):  
Research Design ◽  
Cognitive Testing ◽  
Level Of Detail ◽  
Cognitive Interviewing ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Reporting Framework ◽  
Full Explanation ◽  
Key Steps

Based on the experiences of three research groups using and evaluating the Cognitive Interviewing Reporting Framework (CIRF), we draw conclusions about the utility of the CIRF as a guide to creating cognitive testing reports. Authors generally found the CIRF checklist to be usable, and that it led to a more complete description of key steps involved. However, despite the explicit direction by the CIRF to include a full explanation of major steps and features (e.g., research objectives and research design), the three cognitive testing reports tended to simply state what was done, without further justification. Authors varied in their judgments concerning whether the CIRF requires the appropriate level of detail. Overall, we believe that current cognitive interviewing practice will benefit from including, within cognitive testing reports, the 10 categories of information specified by the CIRF. Future use of the CIRF may serve to direct the overall research project from the start, and to further the goal of evaluation of specific cognitive interviewing procedures.

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