Avalanche Cartography: Visualization of Dynamic-Temporal Phenomena in a Mountainous Environment

Avalanches represent a very short, local, dynamic event in snow-covered mountainous regions. They are not easy to predict and often can produce devastating results. Avalanche cartography deals with the causes and consequences of such incidents and attempts to depict them in a variety of ways. The mo...

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Published inCartographica Vol. 38; no. 1-2; pp. 77 - 87
Main Author KRIZ, KAREL
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Toronto Press 2001
Subjects
Avalanches
Cartography
Catchment areas
Hydrography
Mapping
Technology
Topographic mapping
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Summary:Avalanches represent a very short, local, dynamic event in snow-covered mountainous regions. They are not easy to predict and often can produce devastating results. Avalanche cartography deals with the causes and consequences of such incidents and attempts to depict them in a variety of ways. The most common cartographic representation within this field is the avalanche hazard map. It incorporates mainly large-scale topographic elements with thematic features. However, besides just visualizing what has happened and depicting locations of potential risk, it is now possible within modern cartography to experiment with different approaches and to visualize complex variables in a cartographically demanding way. This paper deals with the phenomena of avalanches from a cartographic perspective and shows the variety of possibilities cartography can offer today to understand and predict these complex natural hazards.
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ISSN:0317-7173
1911-9925
DOI:10.3138/75W0-3G21-WX35-7167