Risk management on an alluvial fan: A case study of the 2008 debris-flow event at Villar Pellice (Piedmont, N-W Italy)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 999-1008

  Arattano, M ^a   Conte, R ^b   Franzi, L ^c   Giordan, D ^a   Lazzari, A ^b   Luino, F ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Regione Piemonte   (Italy)

^c Soil Defence Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEBRIS FLOW; RAINFALL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY];

EID: 77952416402     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-999-2010     Document Type: Article

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