Cascade Effect Analysis in Torrential Context for Prioritizing Check Dams Maintenance Strategies

SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONSNatural hazards in mountains pose threat to people, properties, and infrastructures. Several mitigation strategies aim to reduce the induced risk and to protect vulnerable issues exposed to such dangerous phenomena. Check dams are one type of structural protection measures constructed in series along mountain streams. They constitute a critical interdependent multi-compone...