Development of glacial hazard and risk minimisation protocols in rural environments (DFID KaR project R7816)
RGSL pioneered the development of guidelines for glacial hazard management through a project funded by the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID), between 2000 and 2003.
Project aims:- To increase the understanding of glacial hazards, especially the growth and failure of glacial lakes
- To develop improved methods of inventory compilation
- To improve field methods of hazard and risk assessment
- To develop objective methods of hazard and risk assessment
- To review global methods of risk management
- To produce best practice guidelines for practitioners and managers
- To disseminate the outputs of the project to implementing agencies in affected countries
Technical procedures were tested and developed at sites in Nepal and Peru, whilst management issues were investigated with project partners INRENA in Peru. In order to disseminate the outputs of the project to the local problem holders, workshops were organised in Nepal, Bhutan and Peru. Reports and guidelines have been made avaialble to the host country implementing agencies.
Further information about this project can be downloaded here:
Project summary [908k pdf]
- Summary & contents page [438k pdf]
- Chapters 1-4 [2215k pdf] - Introduction; Definitions; Glacial Hazards; A framework for glacial risk management
- Chapter 5 [616k pdf] - Site investigation and data managment
- Chapter 6 [1726k pdf] - Glacial risk assessment
- Chapter 7 & references [420k pdf] - Risk management; Acknowledgements; References
- Appendix A1 [178k pdf] - Guidelines for engineering geological descriptions
- Appendix A2 [828k pdf] - Guidelines for engineering geological mapping
- Appendix A3 [332k pdf] - Guidelines for slope stability analysis in risk modelling
- Appendix A4 [3180 k pdf] - Guidelines for the use of geophysical methods in the assessment of glacial hazards
- Appendix A5 [596k pdf] - Guidelines for geomorphological mapping in glacial hazard and risk assessment
Following the GAPHAZ workshop in Vienna in November 2009, at which RIL Director Prof. John Reynolds was invited to speak (see this RIL news item for more information), it was agreed that these guidelines will be updated and extended to cover other geological hazards such as ice-volcano interactions. Prof. Reynolds is coordinating the revision of the guidelines, and our website will be updated in due course. You can follow our news page for regular updates.
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