Emergency risk management for landslide dam breaks in 2018 on the Yangtze River, China

In October and November of 2018, the upper reach of the Yangtze River was blocked twice by landslide dams. A large landslide dam on a major river can impound a huge amount of water and trigger catastrophic flooding once it fails, imposing great risk to the downstream communities. Considering the cha...

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Main Authors: Jian He, Limin Zhang, Te Xiao, Chen Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Resilient Cities and Structures
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277274162200031X