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Project ID:11 | Module:2 | Status: finished
Flood'alps: Floodplains of the Alpine arc between security and biodiversity: changes in the representations, decisions and management

                           
Contact: Prof. Jean-Michel Gobat
Rue Emile-Argand 11
2007 Neuchâtel 7
e-mail: jean-michel.gobat@unine.ch
Phone/Fax: 032 718 23 37 / Fax: 032 718 21 01
Web: http://www.unine.ch/bota/

Study areas: Sarine, Montbovon-Lac de la Gruyère (FR), Rhein, Rhäzüns-Sargans (GR/SG), Ticino–Moesa, Region Arbedo (TI), Rhone, Visp-Sion (VS)

Project partners: Bundesamt für Wasser und Geologie (BWG), Bundesamt für Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft (BUWAL)

Summary:

The principal aim of the project Flood’Alps is to bring to light the evolution of the relationships between security and biodiversity in the alpine floodplains of Switzerland between 1850 and 2000, and to establish tools to hel...  ->read more


Description:
What determines our management of Alpine rivers?

Individual views on the way in which our environment and habitat are threatened by ecological problems are an important factor in determining the nature and extent of protection measures...  ->read more

Other publications
and activities:
Poster:Floodplains of the Alpine arc between security and biodiversity: changes in the representations, decisions and management [Jean-Michel Gobat, (English)]
Abstract:Floodplains of the Alpine arc between security and biodiversity: changes in the representations, decisions and management (Project "Flood'alps") [Jean-Michel Gobat, François Hainard, André Musy, Christian Roulier, Gabriele Carraro, (English)]




A Programme of the Swiss National Science Foundation