Hazard Monitoring for Risk Assessment and Risk Communication

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Hazard Monitoring for Risk Assessment and Risk
Communication 
MONITOR PARTNERS

• Austrian Federal Ministry of AgricultureForestry
  Section (Lead Partner)
• www.lebensministerium.at
• Agricultural Research and Education
• Centre Raumberg-Gumpenstein
• www.raumberg-gumpenstein.at
• Provicial Government of Lower Austria
• Fire Service and Civil Protection
• www.noel.gv.at
• Austrian Federal Railways
• Department of Research Development
• www.oebb.at
• Torrent and Erosion Control Service Slovenia
• www.puh.si
• Autonomous Province of Bolzano South Tyrol

FURTHER INFORMATION Homepage www.monitor-cadses.o
rg Project period 2 Years (June 2006 to May 2008)
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RISK Protection against natural disasters is an
increasing challenge for society. The size of
damaging events in the last decade clearly shows
the need for comprehensive and innovative risk
management.
MONITORING Monitoring is the continuous
observation of phenomena. It helps to analyse
disaster processes and to evaluate risks. It is
indispensable for risk management and early
warning systems.
COMMUNICATION Communication of risks has to be
based on the best combination of media channels,
information preparation and participatory
approaches to increase risk awareness. MONITOR
generates information material and
tutorials, organises training courses for new
methods and builds up a pool of practitioners
for fieldwork.
MONITOR will compare and evaluate existing
monitoring methods provide recommendations for
monitoring adapted to different risk types
define best-practice methods for implementation
of monitoring on trans-national scale develop
innovative methods by combining remote sensing
and in-situ sensor technologies practically
integrate monitoring in civil protection measures
Avalanche barrier with starting zone of an
avalanche even the best protection measure
leaves residual risk.
MONITOR will provide a dedicated ontology of
risk terms state-of-the art overview of risk
management best-practice methods against risks
of endangered infrastructure and land-use
areas natural mountain disasters forest
fires floods
Experts in the domains of disaster prevention and
disaster management on a field trip discussing a
monitoring system in a critical debris flow area.

MONITOR risk communications addresses expert
level political level and public level
Remote sensing methods help to identify
subsidence areas and to determine areas at risk.