Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in mountains

C Moos, P Bebi, M Schwarz, M Stoffel… - Earth-science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Since the late 1960s it became clear that a more sustainable protection of people and
property from the negative impacts of natural hazards will require a more balanced use of …

Debris flow modelling using RAMMS model in the Alpine environment with focus on the model parameters and main characteristics

M Mikoš, N Bezak - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Debris flows are among the natural hazards that can occur in mountainous areas and
endanger people's lives and cause large economic damage. Debris flow modelling is …

Time and path prediction of landslides using InSAR and flow model

P Roy, TR Martha, K Khanna, N Jain… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Landslides originating from remote steep slopes render people living downhill vulnerable,
unaware of the impending danger. Identifications of slow-moving mountain slopes are …

Multi‐model comparison of computed debris flow runout for the 9 January 2018 Montecito, California post‐wildfire event

KR Barnhart, RP Jones, DL George… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hazard assessment for post‐wildfire debris flows, which are common in the steep terrain of
the western United States, has focused on the susceptibility of upstream basins to generate …

Forecasting the frequency and magnitude of postfire debris flows across southern California

JW Kean, DM Staley - Earth's Future, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Southern California has a long history of damaging debris flows after wildfire. Despite
recurrent loss, forecasts of the frequency and magnitude of postfire debris flows are not …

A multi-step hazard assessment for debris-flow prone areas influenced by hydroclimatic events

V Cabral, F Reis, V Veloso, A Ogura, C Zarfl - Engineering Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
Hazard assessment studies are fundamental to identifying disaster-prone areas, especially
in locations with high environmental and socioeconomic vulnerability. This study proposes a …

How memory effects, check dams, and channel geometry control erosion and deposition by debris flows

T De Haas, W Nijland, SM De Jong, BW McArdell - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Debris flows can grow greatly in size and hazardous potential by eroding bed and bank
material, but effective hazard assessment and mitigation is currently hampered by limited …

Breaking limits of remote sensing by deep learning from simulated data for flood and debris-flow mapping

N Yokoya, K Yamanoi, W He, G Baier… - … on Geoscience and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a framework that estimates the inundation depth (maximum water level) and
debris-flow-induced topographic deformation from remote sensing imagery by integrating …

Multi-source glacial lake outburst flood hazard assessment and mapping for Huaraz, Cordillera Blanca, Peru

H Frey, C Huggel, RE Chisolm, P Baer… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Quillcay catchment in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, contains several glacial lakes,
including Lakes Palcacocha (with a volume of 17× 106 m3), Tullparaju (12× 106 m3), and …

Numerical modelling of dense snow avalanches with a well-balanced scheme based on the 2D shallow water equations

M Sanz-Ramos, E Bladé, P Oller, G Furdada - Journal of Glaciology, 2023 - cambridge.org
A common technique for simulating non–Newtonian fluid dynamics, such as snow
avalanches, is to solve the Shallow Water Equations (SWE), together with a rheological …