Local knowledge of emerging hazards: Instability above an Icelandic glacier

Climate change is contributing to shifts in the magnitude and scale of hazards, emergence risks areas where they were previously unknown. In south-east Iceland, a fracture mountainside Svínafellsheiði threatens cause between 60 100 million cubic metres rock fall onto glacier below. A large landslide could break up surface glacier, crash into proglacial lake, affect people infrastructure downhill. addition unprecedented scale, represents first time have been exposed this type hazard Iceland. article we examine role local knowledge disaster risk reduction management for communities that are facing particular time. We argue even when community lacks experience with specific hazard, can still play valuable identification management.