In general, landslides of mountain areas have been occurred by typhoon and severe rain storm in Korea. The multiple landslides caused by heavy rain may lead to debris flow which is very rapid downslope movement of debris of a high water content along stream channels. Generally, a debris flow causes larger and severe damage. than a landslide. To protect and reduce the damage of debris flow, a reliable tool to predict potential damage area by drbris flow is needed. Since the water and moveable soils by landslide flow from high elevation to low elevation with additional erosion through the stream of valley, the magnitude of debris can subsequently amplified. Therefore any structures and people in the path of debris flow lies in great risk. Due to the chacteristics of debris flow which is delivered quite a long distance from the location of initiation (hundread meters-kilometers), the risk analysis of debris flow should consider larger area compared with landslide analysis and analysis unit need to be determined based a watershed. In this study, an anlysis tool for the evaluation of debris flow risk in a watershed incorperated with GIS system is proposed. The essence of system is a model to predict the risk of debris flow for any given location. The model is developed based on the statistical analysis of forty eight debris flow cases, which obtained from: field surveys, disaster reports on national roads of korea, and digital maps of the debris flow area. Each set of data in the database includes debris flow size, rainfall information, bedrock types, and run out distance of the debris. The comparison between predicted risk and actual occurrence of the debris flow hazard for forty eight site, showed accuracy of seventy seven percent based on accuracy-classification.
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