AVALANCHE PREDICTIONS

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union funded research project has led to the creation of practical guidelines for minimising human injuries or deaths and property damage caused by snow avalanches in mountainous areas. The CADZIE scheme has developed advice on safer development zoning based on geographical, meteorological and historical data and model building regulations. *http://cadzie.grenoble.cemagref.fr/



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