Simone Frigerio (*), Melanie S. Kappes (**), Thomas Glade (***) & Jean-Philippe Malet (°)
(*) Research Institute for Hydrogeological Protection, CNR, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy.
(**) Disaster Risk Management Unit/Latin America and the Caribbean, The World Bank, 1818 H St. NW, Washington DC 20433, USA.
(***) Geomorphic Systems and Risk Research, Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of Vienna, Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria.
(°) Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, IPGS, UMR 7516 CNRS, University of Strasbourg, 5 rue Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, France.