Debris Flow 2010
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Third International Conference on
Debris Flow

24 - 26 May 2010

Milano, Italy
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Supported by:
The Lombardy Region, Italy
International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics

 Introduction

Debris Flow CoverDebris and hyper-concentrated flows are among the most frequent and destructive of all water related processes. They mainly affect mountain areas in a wide range of morphoclimatic environments and in recent years have attracted more and more attention from the scientific and professional communities, and concern from the public, due to the increasing frequency with which they occur and the death toll they claim.

Higher population pressures on natural resources and increased activity in hazard-prone areas have the potential to increase the magnitude of hazards. This calls for improvements in the criteria used to identify debris flow risk areas and to design suitable prevention and mitigation measures.

Delegates attending Debris Flow 2010 will be invited to submit an expanded version of their paper for publication in the International Journal of Design & Nature and Ecodynamics, associated with the Wessex Institute of Technology.


The conference will provide a forum for engineers, scientists and managers from laboratories, industries, governments and academia to interchange knowledge and expertise in the following fields; erosion and slope instability, sediment transport, debris flow and debris flood data acquisition, debris flow phenomenology and laboratory tests. It will also allow the discussion of the most advanced, state-ofthe-art methodologies in monitoring, modelling, mechanics, hazard prediction and risk assessment.

This conference follows the success of the first meeting held in Rhodes, Greece (2006) and New Forest, UK (2008).

 Who Should Attend

Scientists, technologists and engineers involved in the field of dense flows.



 

Organisers

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University of Milano, Italy

Sponsors

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EurAgEng: European Society of Agricultural Engineers
CIGR: International Commission of Agricultural Engineering

Conference Secretariat

Claire Shiell
Wessex Institute of Technology
Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst
Southampton, SO40 7AA
Tel: 44 (0) 238 0293223
Fax: 44 (0) 238 0292853
cshiell@wessex.ac.uk

Display Facilities

There will be space for organisations to display products, services and literature related to the theme of the conference. Further details are available from the Conference Secretariat above.

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Conference Chairmen

D De Wrachien
University of Milano, Italy

C A Brebbia

Wessex Institute of Technology, UK

International Scientific Advisory Committee

Committee Chairman
S Mambretti
Politecnico di Milano, Italy

R Garcia-Martinez

Florida International University, USA

F Gentile
University of Bari, Italy

G P Giani

University of Milano, Italy

J Hubl
University fur Bodenkultur-Wien, Austria

M A Lenzi
University of Padova, Italy

G Lorenzini

University of Bologna, Italy

T Moriyama

Sojo University, Japan

F Wei
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China