Influence of check dams on debris-flow run-out intensity
Debris flows are very dangerous phenomena claiming thousands of lives and millions of Euros each year over the world. Disaster mitigation includes non-structural (hazard mapping, insurance policies), active structural (drainage systems) and passive structural (check dams, stilling basins) countermea...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2008-12-01
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Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/8/1403/2008/nhess-8-1403-2008.pdf |