Natural Disasters and Societal Safety

Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi

The Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters

The Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters (DNVA), founded on 3 May 1857 as

’Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania’, assumed its present name on 1 January 1925. It

represents Norway as its national academy in the Union Académique Internationale

(UAI) and in the International Council for Sciences (ICSU).

Drammensveien 78

NO-0271 Oslo

Norway

Phone: +47 2212 1090

e-mail: dnva

Web:

Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi

Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences

The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA) is an independent

organisation founded in 1955. The Academy is a member of the Council of Academies

of Engineering (CAETS) and of the European Council of Applied Sciences and

Engineering (Euro-CASE).

Lerchendal Gård

NO-7491 Trondheim

Norway

Phone: +47 7359 5463

e-mail: post

Web:

Front cover illustration:

Landslide in sensitive clay causing failure of pillar on Skjeggestad Bridge, February 2 2015

(Photo: Teknisk Ukeblad, 2015)