A decision support system for debris-flow hazard mitigation in towns based on numerical simulation: A case study at Dongchuan, Yunnan Province

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-383

  Wei, Fangqiang ^a,c   Hu, Kaiheng ^a,c   Cui, Peng ^a,c   Guan, Qun ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Debris flow; Debris flow monitoring; Disaster alarm; Disaster estimate; Disaster forecast; Disaster mitigation; Dongchuan; Evacuation and rescue plan; Mountain town; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 46649116084     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2008.019014     Document Type: Article

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