LANDSLIDE HAZARD MANAGEMENT - EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES

Effective management has reduced economic and social losses due to slope failure in the United States by avoiding the hazards or by reducing the damage potential. This is achieved primarily by four mitigative approaches: (a) restriction of development in landslide-prone areas; (b) excavating, grading, landscaping, and construction codes; (c) use of physical measures to prevent or control landslides; and (d) landslide warning systems. (Keynote paper in the section on coastal stability). For the covering abstract see IRRD 877809.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • SCHUSTER, R L
• Publication Date: 1991

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 253-63
• Serial:
  • SLOPE STABILITY ENGINEERING - DEVELOPMENTS AND APPLICATIONS. PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SLOPE STABILITY ORGANISED BY THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, HELD ISLE OF WIGHT, 15-18 APRIL 1991
  • Publisher: Thomas Telford Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Failure; Landslides; Slopes
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 5520: Failure; 4029: Landslide; 2831: Slope (terrain); 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00941877
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7277-1660-3
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: May 8 2003 12:00AM