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State of the art in rockfall – forest interactions

Dorren, Luuk ; Berger, Frédéric ; Jonsson, Martin J. ; Krautblatter, Michael ; Mölk, Michael ; Stoffel, Markus ; Wehrli, André

In: Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, 2007, vol. 158, no. 6, p. 128-141

To effectively prevent rockfall related disasters below forested slopes, silvicultural, eco-engineering, civil engineering or mixed techniques can be used. To do this in a cost-efficient manner it is necessary to know the following: 1) where rockfall events occur and which magnitudes are likely, 2) to what extent the forest reduces the run-out distances, the jump heights and the energies of rocks...