Landslide Best Practices Handbook
Donald R. Green, Fatma Ciloglu and Stacey E. Dorn
A practitioner guide to landslide investigation and repair, covering site reconnaissance, subsurface exploration, stability analysis, and the full catalogue of mitigation options from drainage through structural stabilization, with notes on cost and constructability for each.
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