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Document title

Assessment of geomorphic hazards along aned Alpine highway

Authors(s) and Affiliation(s)

WHITEHOUSE I. E. ; MCSAVENEY M. J. ;

Abstract

Recognition of hydrological and geomorphological phenomena, that damage alpine highways, can assist in planning strategies for road maintenance or construction. In this case study of 60 km of Highway 73 (Central Southern Alps, New Zealand), sites at risk were identified and classified into six types

Keyword(s)

Montagne ; Risque naturel ; Hydrodynamique ; Géomorphodynamique ; Voie de communication ; Prévision ; Nouvelle-Zélande

Mountain ; Natural hazards ; Hydrodynamics ; Earth surface processes ; Transport network ; Forecast;Prediction ; New Zealand

Classification code(s)

531-530 : Nouvelle-Zélande.

531-X : OCEANIE.

Source

Article of periodic

published at : New Zealand geographer / ISSN 0028-8144 / CODEN NZGGAS

Editor : New Zealand Geographical Society, Christchurch - NOUVELLE-ZELANDE (1945)

Millesime : 1992, vol. 48, n^o1 [pp. 27-32]

Bibliographic references : 27 réf.

Collation : Illustration ;

Language

Anglais

Localisation

Réseau PRODIG - Paris

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 19020