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Landslides and Engineered Slopes, 2 Volume Set +cdrom: Protecting Society Through Improved Understanding
Contributor(s): Eberhardt, Erik (Editor), Froese, Corey (Editor), Turner, Keith (Editor)
ISBN: 0415621232     ISBN-13: 9780415621236
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $593.75  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: May 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Civil - General
- Science | Earth Sciences - Geology
Dewey: 551.307
Physical Information: 2050 pages
 
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Two-volume set, includes a free CD containing the full contents of the book.

Landslides and Engineered Slopes: Protecting Society through Improved Understanding comprises the Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Landslides and 2nd North American Symposium on Landslides (Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2-8 June 2012). Included are thirteen keynote and invited papers, the inaugural Heim Lecture, and over 260 technical papers organized under the following themes:

- Landslides and Society - Processes and Impacts
- Advances in Investigation & Classification
- Understanding Landslide Mechanisms
- Simulating and Managing Rock Fall
- New Technologies for Investigative and Performance Monitoring
- Slope Stability in Practice - Engineered Slopes and Forest Management
- Advanced Stability Analyses and Landslide Modelling
- Evaluation and Control of Landslides - Avoidance, Prevention, and
- Protection Strategies

This two-volume set is intended for landslide practitioners, researchers and decision makers, to serve as a comprehensive reference, summarizing the current state-of-the-art and state-of-practice in landslide investigation, analysis and risk management as viewed by experts from Canada, the U.S. and other countries worldwide in their efforts to better protect society through improved understanding.