The International EcorisQ Association is a global network of professionals committed to sustainable solutions - preferably nature-based - for natural hazard risk reduction. We unite science and practice to develop and share transparent tools for hazard and risk analysis.
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ROCEXS - 8th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Rockfall Protection
The 8th Interdisciplinary Workshop on Rockfall Protection (ROCEXS) aims to bring together academics, researchers, managers and engineers to share recent findings and improvements, new methods and practical experiences in mitigating rockfall...
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ecorisQ related News
Changelog Rockyfor3D
Changes in version 6.0.2 (December 2025) Adapted the scaling function Sf = 1 / ((Vn1/15.24)^2 + 1); This results in less conservative tangential energy loss during the rebounds and therefore less optimistic trajectories than in v6.0. Changes in version 6.0 / 6.0.1 (December 2024) Corrected occurrence of NaN values in the calculation screen ...
Read moreTool update - Eline and QGIS plugin RF3D
We developed a QGIS plugin which facilitates the data preparation for the rockfall simulation model Rockyfor3D. Based on a digital elevation model (DEM) …
Updates in BankforNET, SlideforNET and SlideforMAP
We developed a new interface of our BankforNET web app (version 3.7.0) with a "Basic" and "Advanced" mode for easier user interaction. Calculation of stream sed…
In-depth revision of RF3D - the story behind version 6.0
Following the thourough analysis done by François Noël and co-authors (published in 2021), pointing out an issue with tree impact detections in Rockyfor3D, we r…
Flood events June/July 2024 in Switzerland
Recurrent precipitation in June and July 2024 led to flooding in many regions of Switzerland. Heavy rainfall and storms in the second half of June caused rive…
Impressive Bergsturz in Switzerland
On Sunday 14 April 2024, a Bergsturz with more than 1 million m3 occurred on the north face of Piz Scerscen (Switzerland). Although this event occurred sponta…
Two new tools
We launched bèta versions of two news tools, one for shallow landslide hazard assemsment called SlideforMAP and the second for streambank erosion ca…
