Eco- and Ground Bio-Engineering: The Use of Vegetation to Improve Slope Stability

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Mechanisms and modelling of root reinforcement on slopes

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-IX

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   2. The influence of cellulose content on tensile strength in tree roots

      • Marie Genet, Alexia Stokes, Franck Salin, Slobodan B. Mickovski, Thierry Fourcaud, Jean-François Dumail et al.

      Pages 3-11

   3. Novel biomechanical analysis of plant roots

      • O. Hamza, A.G. Bengough, M.F. Bransby, M.C.R. Davies, C. Halpin, P.D. Hallett

      Pages 13-20

   4. Root reinforcement: analyses and experiments

      • Tien H. Wu

      Pages 21-30

   5. Root strength and root area ratio of forest species in Lombardy (Northern Italy)

      • Gian Battista Bischetti, Enrico A. Chiaradia, Tommaso Simonato, Barbara Speziali, Barbara Vitali, Paolo Vullo et al.

      Pages 31-41

   6. Biotechnical characteristics of root systems of typical Mediterranean species

      • Chiara Mattia, Gian Battista Bischetti, Francesco Gentile

      Pages 43-51

   7. Uprooting resistance of vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides)

      • S.B. Mickovski, L.P.H van Beek, F. Salin

      Pages 53-60

   8. Root reinforcement by hawthorn and oak roots on a highway cut-slope in Southern England

      • Joanne E. Norris

      Pages 61-71

   9. Protection roles of forest and non-forest woody species on slopes in Iran

      • Ghassem Habibi Bibalani1, Baris Majnonian, Ebrahim Adeli, Homauon Sanii

      Pages 73-79

   10. Reinforcement of tree roots in slope stability: A case study from the Ozawa slope in Iwate Prefecture, Japan

       • H. Nakamura, Q.M. Nghiem, N. Iwasa

       Pages 81-90

   11. Observation and simulation of root reinforcement on abandoned Mediterranean slopes

       • L.P.H. van Beek, J. Wint, L.H. Cammeraat, J.P. Edwards

       Pages 91-109

   12. Slope stabilisation by perennial ‘gramineae’ in Southern Italy: plant growth and temporal performance

       • D. Cazzuffi, A. Corneo, E. Crippa

       Pages 111-124

3. Root system morphology and anchorage

   1. Front Matter

      Pages I-IX

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   2. Root system asymmetry of Mediterranean pines

      • P. Ganatsas, I. Spanos

      Pages 127-134

   3. Root morphology, stem growth and field performance of seedlings of two Mediterranean evergreen oak species raised in different container types

      • M. Tsakaldimi, T. Zagas, T. Tsitsoni, P. Ganatsas

      Pages 135-142

   4. Stabilising characteristics of New Zealand indigenousriparian colonising plants

      • M. Marden, D. Rowan, C. Phillips

      Pages 143-153

   5. Mechanical resistance of different tree species to rockfall in the French Alps

      • Alexia Stokes, Franck Salin, Adzo Dzifa Kokutse, Stéphane Berthier, Henri Jeannin, Shaun Mochan et al.

      Pages 155-164

   6. Root morphology and strain distribution during tree failure on mountain slopes

      • Alexia Stokes, Murad Abd. Ghani, Franck Salin, Frédéric Danjon, Henri Jeannin, Stéphane Berthier et al.

      Pages 165-173

   7. A numerical investigation into the influence of soil type and root architecture on tree anchorage

      • Lionel Dupuy, Thierry Fourcaud, Alexia Stokes

      Pages 175-189

In an era where climate change, natural catastrophes and land degradation are major issues, the conservation of soil and vegetation in mountainous or sloping regions has become an international priority. How to avoid substrate mass movementthroughlandslidesanderosionusingsustainableandecologicallysoundtechniquesisrapidlybecominga scienti?c domain where knowledge from many different ?elds is required. These proceedings bring together papers from geotechnical and civil engineers, biologists, ecologists and foresters, who discuss current problems in slope stabilityresearch,andhowtoaddressthoseproblemsusinggroundbio-andeco-engineeringtechniques.Aselection of papers were previously published in Special Editions of Plant and Soil (2005), volume 278, 1–179, and in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (2006), volume 24, 427–498. Ground bioengineering methods integrate civil engineering techniques with natural materials to obtain fast, effective and economic methods of protecting, restoring and maintaining the environment whereas eco-engineering has been de?ned as a long-term ecological strategy to manage a site with regard to natural or man-made hazards. Studies on slope instability, erosion, soil hydrology, mountain ecology, land use and restoration and how to mitigate theseproblemsusingvegetationarepresentedbybothscientistsandpractitioners.Papersencompassmanyaspectsof this multidisciplinary subject, including the mechanisms and modelling of root reinforcement and the development of decision support systems, areas where signi?cant advances have been made in recent years.

• Biome
• Geotechnical investigation
• Sediment
• development
• ecology
• environment
• erosion
• forest
• hydrology
• logging
• soil
• vegetation

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