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Slope Stability and Erosion Control: Ecotechnological Solutions

✍ Scribed by Alexia Stokes, Joanne E. Norris (auth.), Joanne E. Norris, Alexia Stokes, Slobodan B. Mickovski, Erik Cammeraat, Rens van Beek, Bruce C. Nicoll, Alexis Achim (eds.)


Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Leaves
289
Edition
1
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


This book is designed to assist the civil and geotechnical engineer, geomorphologist, forester, landscape architect or ecologist in choosing ecotechnological solutions for slopes that are prone to a variety of mass movements e.g. shallow failure or erosion. Within this book, the β€˜engineer’ is used in the global sense to encompass all planners, designers, etc who are involved in the stabilisation of slopes. We review the types of problematic slopes that may occur and describe briefly the nature of mass movements and the causes of these movements. In this book, we focus on the use of vegetation to stabilize soil on slopes prone to mass movements. Before a plant can be chosen for a particular function, its physical and hydrological properties must be determined, thus the root architecture of grasses, shrubs and trees are described and the soil hydrological and mechanical factors which influence vegetation are discussed. Depending on the use of the slope, the engineer may wish to ascertain either the stability of the slope or the mechanical stability of the vegetation or both, therefore slope stability analysis methods are reviewed and the contribution the vegetation has to the stability of the slope are explained. Models to assess the mechanical stability of vegetation are reviewed. This book also introduces new ecotechnological methods for stabilising active rockfalls on steep slopes and slopes that are prone to soil erosion following wild fires, as well as providing user friendly information on traditional ground bio-engineering techniques and tables of plants suitable for different functions. Case studies where ground bio- and eco-engineering measures have been put into practice are also discussed.

✦ Table of Contents


Front Matter....Pages i-v
Introduction to Ecotechnological Solutions....Pages 1-8
An Introduction to Types of Vegetated Slopes....Pages 9-15
Hillslope Processes: Mass Wasting, Slope Stability and Erosion....Pages 17-64
How Vegetation Reinforces Soil on Slopes....Pages 65-118
Hazard Assessment of Vegetated Slopes....Pages 119-166
Species Selection for Soil Reinforcement and Protection....Pages 167-210
Ecotechnological Solutions for Unstable Slopes: Ground Bio- and Eco-engineering Techniques and Strategies....Pages 211-275
Ecotechnological Solutions for Slope Stability: Perspectives for Future Research....Pages 277-282
Back Matter....Pages 283-287

✦ Subjects


Soil Science & Conservation; Environmental Management; Geotechnical Engineering; Forestry; Plant Ecology; Landscape Ecology


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