Table of Contents: Preface pp. i-xii
Chapter 1. Traditional uses of check dams: a brief global history, pp. 1-10
(William E. Doolittle)
Chapter 2. Criteria for optimizing check dam location and maintenance requirements, pp. 11-32
(Ali Morad Hassanli and Simon Beecham)
Chapter 3. Modern strategies for torrent control: slit and W-weir check dams, pp. 33-62
(Vito Ferro)
Chapter 4. Check dams in the torrent control practice in small mountainous catchments, pp. 63-88
(Stanimir Kostadinov and Nada Dragoviæ)
Chapter 5. Block ramps for torrent control and stream restoration, pp. 89-109
(Stefano Pagliara and Michele Palermo)
Chapter 6. Effectiveness of check dams in the reservoir sedimentation control under torrential conditions, pp. 111-133
(Jian Liu, Shuhei Minami and Shinji Egashira)
Chapter 7. Managing stream morphology with check dams, pp. 135-149
(Ellen E. Wohl, Anne Chin, Jeffrey Haltiner and Mathias Kondolf)
Chapter 8. Sediment transportation from bed-load to debris-flow and its control by check dams in torrential streams, pp. 151-184
(Rabindra Osti and Shinji Egashira)
Chapter 9. Filtering-retention check dams design in mountain rivers, pp. 185-210
(Vincenzo D’Agostino)
Chapter 10. The effectiveness of check dams in controlling upstream channel stability, pp. 211-237
(A. Remaître and J.P. Malet)
Chapter 11. Induced morphological changes affecting the stability of check dams systems, pp. 239-262
(X.Z. Xu, H.-W. Zhang, G.-Q. Wang, Y. Xu and O.-Y. Zhang)
Chapter 12. Local scouring at check dams in mountain rivers, pp. 263-282
(Francesco Comiti, Mario A. Lenzi and Luca Mao)
Chapter 13. Bed scour-sedimentation balance induced by check dams in semiarid catchments with different lithology, pp. 283-306
(Carmelo Conesa-García and Rafael García-Lorenzo)
Chapter 14. Upstream and downstream effects of check dams in braided rivers, Central Pyrenees, pp. 307-322
(J.M. García-Ruiz, Luis C. Alatorre, A. Gómez-Villar and S. Beguería)
Commentaries on the Book
List of Contributors
Index pp. 329-339 |