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Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment

Volume 3: Targeted Landslides

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Table of contents (106 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
  2. Debris Flows

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction: Debris Flows

      • Giovanni B. Crosta, Ko-Fei Liu
      Pages 3-4
    3. Dendrogeomorphic Chronologies of Debris Flows for the Crimean Mountains (Ukraine)

      • Karel Šilhán, Tomáš Pánek, Jan Hradecký, Markus Stoffel
      Pages 13-17
    4. Hazard Management in a Debris Flow Affected Area: Case Study from Spreitgraben, Switzerland

      • Daniel Tobler, Isabelle Kull, Mylène Jacquemart, Nils Haehlen
      Pages 25-30
    5. Efficiency of Slot-Check Dam Group on Debris Flow Control in Shengou Basin, Kunming, China

      • Yuhua Zou, Kaiheng Hu, Xiaoqing Chen, Wei Zhong
      Pages 37-43
    6. The Influence of Accumulated Precipitation on Debris Flow Hazard Area

      • Ko-Fei Liu, Shih-Chao Wei, Ying-Hsin Wu
      Pages 45-50
    7. Concrete Torrent Check-Dams and Debris-Flow Magnitudes

      • Matjaž Mikoš, Andrej Kryžanowski, Manica Martinčič, Jošt Sodnik
      Pages 51-56
    8. Analysis on Blocking of Dadu River by Extra Massive Debris Flows at Moxi River

      • Zhi Song, Wanmo Zheng, Renji Ba, Hao Fu
      Pages 63-66
  3. Rock-Slope Instability and Failure

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
    2. Introduction: Rock-Slope Instability and Failure

      • Simon Loew, Jan Klimeš
      Pages 69-69
    3. Supporting Rockfall Countermeasure Design in Difficult Conditions

      • Federico Agliardi, Giovanni B. Crosta
      Pages 71-76
    4. Design Approach for Rockfall Protections with Simple Drapery Systems

      • Alberto Grimod, Giorgio Giacchetti
      Pages 77-82
    5. Effect of Large Impacts Against Rockfall Barriers

      • Giorgio Giacchetti, Alberto Grimod
      Pages 83-89
    6. Design Approach for Rockfall Barriers Tested According to ETAG 027

      • Alberto Grimod, Giorgio Giacchetti
      Pages 91-97
    7. Design Approach for Secured Drapery Systems

      • Alberto Grimod, Giorgio Giacchetti
      Pages 99-105

About this book

This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Third World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) in June 2014. The complete collection of papers from the Forum is published in three full-color volumes and one mono-color volume.

Editors and Affiliations

  • UNITWIN Headquaters, Kyoto University Uji-Campus, Kyoto, Japan

    Kyoji Sassa

  • ICL - International Consortium on Landslides, Florence, Italy

    Paolo Canuti

  • Center of Geo-Hazards Emergency Technology, MLR, Beijing, China

    Yueping Yin

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 3: Targeted Landslides

  • Editors: Kyoji Sassa, Paolo Canuti, Yueping Yin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04996-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04995-3Published: 14 May 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38000-1Published: 01 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04996-0Published: 21 May 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 717

  • Number of Illustrations: 96 b/w illustrations, 654 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Environment, general, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Natural Hazards

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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