Pyatigorsk, Russia, 22-29 September 2008

Themes

• Debris flows: global and regional analysis

• Debris flow disasters of recent years

• Risk assessment and debris flow forecast

• Glacial lake outburst flows: characterisation and assessment

• Ice-water-rock flows and lahars

• Dynamic analysis of debris flows

• Debris flow engineering: design of protective measures

• Land use, environmental management and debris flows

• Debris flow manuals: new and old

• Schools and traditions of debris flow research