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16 Jun 2017
Research article |
| 16 Jun 2017
A 240-year history of avalanche risk in the Vosges Mountains based on non-conventional (re)sources
Florie Giacona
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre de recherche sur les Économies les Sociétés les
Arts et les Techniques, Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, 68093,
France
Nicolas Eckert
UR ETNA, Irstea Grenoble/Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint
Martin d'Hères, 38402, France
Brice Martin
Centre de recherche sur les Économies les Sociétés les
Arts et les Techniques, Université de Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, 68093,
France
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This article implements a combination of historical and geographical methods leading to the reconstruction in the Vosges Massif of more than 700 avalanches that have occurred since the late eighteenth century. Results confirm the role of the historian in contextualizing and evaluating such data and transforming them into information relevant for understanding risk changes. This approach is of great utility when conventional sources are sparse and problematic to assemble.
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