Rockfall hazard and risk analysis in Sintra area

J. A. Almeida; Cristiano N. Costa; J. C. Kullberg; H. S. Vargas

Rockfall hazard and risk analysis in Sintra area

J. A. Almeida, Cristiano N. Costa, J. C. Kullberg, H. S. Vargas

DCT - Departamento de Ciências da Terra

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Abstract

A rockfall is a geomorphologic process that occurs preferentially on sloping areas with large and unstable boulders. It is very important to provide hazard and risk maps due to rockfall as they are usually unexpected and can cause fatalities and several serious injuries to infrastructures and property. This paper presents results of the development and implementation of a stochastic model in a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) that calculates sets of the most probable rockfall pathways for 188 sampled boulders potentially dangerous identified in "Monte da Lua", Sintra (a small town classified as world heritage by UNESCO). This study was promoted in the sequence of such an occurrence on the 29th of January 2002.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IAMG 2006 - 11th International Congress for Mathematical Geology: Quantitative Geology from Multiple Sources
Publisher	International Association for Mathematical Geology, IAMG 2006
ISBN (Print)	9782960064407
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	11th International Congress for Mathematical Geology: Quantitative Geology from Multiple Sources, IAMG 2006 - Liege, Belgium Duration: 3 Sept 2006 → 8 Sept 2006

Conference

Conference	11th International Congress for Mathematical Geology: Quantitative Geology from Multiple Sources, IAMG 2006
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Liege
Period	3/09/06 → 8/09/06

Keywords

Cellular automata
GIS
Hazard map
Risk map
Rockfall
Stochastic simulation

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Almeida, JA, Costa, CN, Kullberg, JC & Vargas, HS 2006, Rockfall hazard and risk analysis in Sintra area. in IAMG 2006 - 11th International Congress for Mathematical Geology: Quantitative Geology from Multiple Sources. International Association for Mathematical Geology, IAMG 2006, 11th International Congress for Mathematical Geology: Quantitative Geology from Multiple Sources, IAMG 2006, Liege, Belgium, 3/09/06.

Rockfall hazard and risk analysis in Sintra area. / Almeida, J. A.; Costa, Cristiano N.; Kullberg, J. C. et al.
IAMG 2006 - 11th International Congress for Mathematical Geology: Quantitative Geology from Multiple Sources. International Association for Mathematical Geology, IAMG 2006, 2006.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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