!!!Lawinenschutz

Avalanche Protection, in Austria governed by the avalanche decree of 
the Federal Ministry of Transport since 1996. Avalanche protection 
zone plans provide for permanent protective devices which are a 
prerequisite for granting licences for transport facilities such as 
T-bar and chair lifts and the like. In addition, explosives are 
transported by cableway into the upper reaches of the avalanche zones 
and ignited to avoid the accumulation of avalanches.

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Safety in populated areas falls within the responsibility of the 
municipal authorities. Communal and regional authorities rely on 
avalanche protection zone plans and safety measures provided by the 
Division of Torrent and Avalanche Control. The avalanche protection 
zone plans show the area and the extent of danger zones; expert 
reports are drawn up according to forestry law. Protective measures 
are planned and implemented by the Division of Torrent and Avalanche 
Control, which is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, 
Forestry, Environment and Water Management.

!Literature
Federal Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, Lawinen in 
Oesterreich: Lawinengefahr und Lawinenschutz, 1989; H. Kilian, Der 
Kampf gegen Wildbaeche und Lawinen im Spannungsfeld von Zentralismus 
und Foederalismus, 4 vols., 1990.


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