ABSTRACT

An important part of the risk management of natural hazards in mountain regions concerns the hazard assessment and the planning of protection measures in steep headwater catchments, i.e. torrent control and slope stabilization. Torrent processes in steep channels have their rightful place among the various alpine natural hazards and the correspondi

chapter 1|4 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|38 pages

Fluvial bedload transport

chapter 4|32 pages

Debris flows

chapter 5|14 pages

Magnitude and frequency of torrent events