T. W. J. van Asch

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the problem of attempting to quantify landslide risk over larger areas, discussing a number of difficulties related to the generation of landslide inventory maps including information on date, type and volume of the landslide, the determination of its spatial and temporal probability, the modelling of runout and the assessment of landslide vulnerability.

TL;DR: In this paper, a total of 20 debris flows are described in the Wenchuan area in SW China; all were triggered by heavy rainfall on 13th of August 2010, and the debris flows in the area were initiated by run-off erosion on co-seismic landslide material, and concentrated erosion of landslide debris in steep channels; new landslides that transform into debris flows.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed physical vulnerability curves for debris flows through the use of a dynamic run-out model, which is able to calculate physical outputs (extension, depths, velocities, impact pressures) and to determine the zones where the elements at risk could suffer an impact.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantify the transport in experimental catchment areas, and show that a forest cover can play a major role in preventing this type of phenomenon, leading to gravity instabilities in fresh marl and, much more frequently, in surficial weathered material.

TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors simulated and monitored the initiation process in laboratory flume test, with the help of a 3D laser scanner, and found that run-off incision caused an accumulation of material down slope.