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Debris-flow hazards mitigation : mechanics, monitoring, modeling, and assessment<\/p><\/div>\n

Debris Flow Hazards Mitigation: Mechanics, Monitoring, Modeling and Assessment<\/h4>\n

Earlier this month, from 10th to 13th June 2019, the Seventh International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation<\/a> was held in Golden, Colorado. This was a substantial meeting focusing on the mechanics, monitoring, modeling and assessment of this very major hazard.\u00a0 Only yesterday I highlighted a serious debris flow disaster in the Trabzon region of\u00a0 Turkey<\/a>.\u00a0 According to the organisers of the conference, the aim of major objective of the meeting was to provide a forum for international researchers, engineers, and policy makers to exchange ideas and promote communication to advance the scientific understanding of debris-flow hazards as well as approaches to assess and mitigate debris-flow risk to infrastructure and people<\/em>.\u00a0 It looks to have been an excellent event, which included 14 keynote presentations, 38 presentations and 86 posters.<\/p>\n

Remarkably, the conference hosts have posted the proceedings of the meeting online, free to download<\/a>.\u00a0 The volume consists of 134 papers looking at all aspects of debris flows.\u00a0 There are some detailed case studies; analyses of past and historic events; simulations and models; physical experiments; and descriptions of mitigation approaches.\u00a0 Some of the papers examine events that I have described on this site, such as the 2018 Montecito debris flows in California<\/a>, whilst others look at events that are new to me.\u00a0 The quality of the papers is very high, and there are some fascinating contributions.<\/p>\n

The organisers have kindly posted the various sections of the volume separately, as well as a single PDF for the entire volume<\/a>.\u00a0 These are listed below:-<\/p>\n