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Landslides and Engineered Slopes, 2 Volume Set +CDROM : Protecting Society through Improved Understanding, Multiple-component retail product Book

Landslides and Engineered Slopes, 2 Volume Set +CDROM : Protecting Society through Improved Understanding Multiple-component retail product

Edited by Erik (Geological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada) Eberhardt, Corey Froese, Keith Turner, S. (Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada) Leroueil

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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 StrategiesThis 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.

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