Assessment of Building Vulnerability with Varying Distances from Outlet Considering Impact Force of Debris Flow and Building Resistance

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript deals with a very important topic,
also the subject of research in the technical field on
buildings and on the containment works of debris mixtures.
However, important bibliographic elements are missing from the text;
some figures are devoid of reference elements (coordinates, north, scale),
others are poorly cared for.
The text should be partially revised and resubmitted.

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Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

Dear authors,

I have no concerns about the methodology or obtained results. However I feel that you should make an effort to put your results into the framework of previous findings (you mentioned some papers in the introduction) and to better express overall significance of your work. Please see my specific comments below.

Best wishes

abstract
l. 29-32 not clear - shorter or longer distances cause not a problem? It is some critical distance? What does mean "all distances"?

introduction
l. 93-94 - I have no idea what does particular zones I, II, III means in the context of introduction. You should explain or drop this statement.

methods
l. 122-123 - What does mean a damage to people? Fatalities? Injuries?
l. 148 - Figure Error! Bookmark not defined.. In addition, I would like to see a scale for individual aerial photos to get an insight about spatial scale of the studied debris flow paths.
l. 154 - I would not say that the figure represents some analysis... It just shows descriptive information about rainfall.

Results
Chapter 4.1 - I feel that this chapter should go to methods - I do not see any obtained results, but just some information from previous studies.
l. 363-365 - this is some methodological approach as well...

Discussion
Overall, I am missing some comparison against previous findings. Did your results somehow correspond or disagree with the studies mentioned in the introduction? Is it possible to use your findings outsite South Korea? 
Figure 7 - What does (A) and (B) parts mean?

Conclusion
I feel that more general statement are needed - what is your overall significance of your work? Did you completely solved this problem or there is necessary some future work on that topic?

Author Response

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Thank you!

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The authors improved the quality of the work in both content and graphics.

Thank you

Author Response

Thank you for your advice so that the content of this manuscript can effectively describe more academic and technical information.