Impacts of land-use and land-cover changes on rockfall propagation: Insights from the Grenoble conurbation

Disappearance of viticultural landscapes and intense afforestation between 1850 (A) and 2013 (C) modified the spatial distribution of e.g. 5 m3 rockfalls (B, D) for the slope of Crolles (French Alps) and significantly reduced rockfall hazard despite the continuous expansion of the urban front.334