Publications Natural hazards

25 April 2023

Riverscape – sediment dynamics and connectivity

Practice-oriented research in hydraulic engineering and ecology

PDF14.97 MB

3 June 2020

Magazine «environment» 2/2020 - Natural hazards concern everyone

Dossier: Introduction > Why natural hazards concern the whole of Switzerland > Why we tend to underestimate the risks > How detectives are tracking down risks in Zurich > What pioneers are doing in Valais > How a river became a community project > How you can best protect your house > Why insurance companies are part of risk management > How the Matte district in Bern is keeping people’s feet dry

PDF5.48 MB

20 May 2015

Magazine «environment» 2/2015 - Living with Natural Hazards

Lessons from the floods of 2005 > There’s a limit to what flood protective structures can do > Avoiding hazard zones > Knowledge creates safety > There will definitely be another earthquake

PDF5.34 MB

7 November 2011

Living with Natural Hazards

Objectives and priorities for action of the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) in dealing with natural hazards

PDF1.51 MB

16 October 2008

The floods of 2005 in Switzerland

Synthesis report on the event analysis

PDF3.94 MB

1 April 2007

Magazine «environment» 2/2007: Natural hazards: prevention pays

PDF6.42 MB