Contents
Page No.
Roy H. Gabrielsen
Natural Hazards: What are they, can they be
Predicted, and can they be Prevented?
9
Kirsti Strøm Bull
Opening Address
13
Hans J. Røsjorde
Natural Hazards and Public Safety
15
Erik Thomassen
Natural Hazards in the National Risk
Analysis
23
Audun Rosland
Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in
Norway – Strengthening the Knowledge
Base
41
Bjørn Kristoffer
Dolva
et al.
Interdepartmental Research Programme on
Natural Hazards: Infrastructure, Floods and
Slides (NIFS)
51
Lars Harald Blikra
Large Rockslides in Norway: Risk and
Monitoring
83
Anne Steen-Hansen
et al.
The Large Fire in Lærdal, January 2014:
How did the Fire Spread and what Restricted
the Fire Damage?
99
Jan Rasmussen
Climate Change Adaptation in Copenhagen
113
Sissel Haugdal Jore
Natural Disasters and Societal Safety: How
to Prepare for an Uncertain Future
121
Tora Aasland
Closing Comments
133
John Grue
Vote of thanks
134
About the authors
135