Geotechnical slope analysis [electronic resource] / Robin Chowdhury ; with contributions by Phil Flentje, Gautam Bhattacharya.
1 Aims and overview - slopes, geology and materials1.1 Introduction1.2 Overview of recent developments and trends1.2.1 Increasing frequency and impact of disasters from slope failures and landslides1.2.2 Climate change, global warming and sea level rise1.2.3 Built slopes - lessons from the catastrop...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 1 Aims and overview - slopes, geology and materials1.1 Introduction1.2 Overview of recent developments and trends1.2.1 Increasing frequency and impact of disasters from slope failures and landslides1.2.2 Climate change, global warming and sea level rise1.2.3 Built slopes - lessons from the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Katrina1.2.4 New developments related to slope analysis1.2.5 Importance of probabilistic analysis1.2.6 GIS-based methods and analyses1.2.7 Assessments concerning very large landslides1.2.8 Landslide frequency related to magnitude1.2.9 Assessing regional landslide susceptibil. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiv, 737 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 683-711) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203864203 0203864204 128250388X 9781282503885 9781466530881 146653088X 9781135192051 1135192057 9781135192099 113519209X 9781135192105 1135192103 |