Recent developments on debris flows / Aronne Armanini, Masanori Michiue (eds.).

"This work collects the recent papers discussed in the International Workshop on Debris Flows held in Kagoshima, Japan in 1993" -- Preface

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Observation and measurement for debris flow -- Introduction to Chapter 1. E. Shimokawa -- Prediction of debris flow for warning and evacuation / M. Hirano -- Large and small debris flows - occurrence and behaviour / T. R. Davies -- Field survey for debris flow in volcanic area / E. Shimokawa and T. Jitousono -- 2. Dynamics of debris flow -- Introduction to chapter 2 . P. Julien -- A comparison between gravity flows of dry sand and sand-water mixtures / H. Hashimoto -- Review dynamic modeling of debris flows / C.-D. Jan and H. W. Shen -- Dynamics of the inertial and viscous debris flows / T. Takahashi -- Selected notes on debris flow dynamics / P. Y. Julien and J. S. O'Brien -- 3. Control measures for debris flow -- Introduction to chapter 3 / A. Armanini -- Development of new methods for countermeasures against debris flows / S. Okubo, H. Ikeya and Y. Ishikawa [et al.] -- Torrent check dams as a control measure for debris flows / M. N. R. Jaeggi and S. Pellandini -- On the dynamic impact of debris flows / A. Armanini.