ABSTRACT
Defence against natural hazards is important for the preservation of the Alpine region as a valuable living space and economic area, as well as recreational area for present and future generations. Protective structures against natural hazards like rockfall and avalanche events are of specific importance.
Construction in Alpine regions requires special measures concerning design, execution and the selection of construction methods and materials. Especially for rockfall and avalanche protection, aspects of safety, construction cost and material availability, as well as the limited construction time are of crucial importance. All these factors play an important role in design and execution. Examples are given to show how the use of suitable geosynthetics can lead to an economically and technically optimum solution for protective dams.
In the paper, design, dimensioning, and execution are presented based on selected projects, realised with geosynthetics.
