Slope Stability and Erosion Control: Ecotechnological Solutions

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Norris, Joanne E. (Editor), Stokes, Alexia (Editor), Mickovski, Slobodan B. (Editor), Cammeraat, Erik (Editor), Beek, Rens van (Editor), Nicoll, Bruce C. (Editor), Achim, Alexis (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Subjects: Environment.; Geotechnical engineering.; Landscape ecology.; Plant ecology.; Forestry.; Environmental management.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Environmental Management.; Soil Science & Conservation.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Plant Ecology.; Landscape Ecology.

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 ‘engineer’ is used i...

Table of Contents:

• to Ecotechnological Solutions
• An Introduction to Types of Vegetated Slopes
• Hillslope Processes: Mass Wasting, Slope Stability and Erosion
• How Vegetation Reinforces Soil on Slopes
• Hazard Assessment of Vegetated Slopes
• Species Selection for Soil Reinforcement and Protection
• Ecotechnological Solutions for Unstable Slopes: Ground Bio- and Eco-engineering Techniques and Strategies
• Ecotechnological Solutions for Slope Stability: Perspectives for Future Research.