Landslides and Landslide Mitigation in Southern California
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 214
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Perry L. Ehlig
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 201
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James E. Slosson
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 0813741092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides a variety of case histories; methods to identify, quantify, and mitigate landslides; and recent legal cases affecting engineering geology.
Author: Peter M. Sadler
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 418
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2004-03-15
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 0309166322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLandslides occur in all geographic regions of the nation in response to a wide range of conditions and triggering processes that include storms, earthquakes, and human activities. Landslides in the United States result in an estimated average of 25 to 50 deaths annually and cost $1 to 3 billion per year. In addition to direct losses, landslides also cause significant environmental damage and societal disruption. Partnerships for Reducing Landslide Risk reviews the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS)National Landslide Hazards Mitigation Strategy, which was created in response to a congressional directive for a national approach to reducing losses from landslides. Components of the strategy include basic research activities, improved public policy measures, and enhanced mitigation of landslides. This report commends the USGS for creating a national approach based on partnerships with federal, state, local, and non-governmental entities, and finds that the plan components are the essential elements of a national strategy. Partnerships for Reducing Landslide Risk recommends that the plan should promote the use of risk analysis techniques, and should play a vital role in evaluating methods, setting standards, and advancing procedures and guidelines for landslide hazard maps and assessments. This report suggests that substantially increased funding will be required to implement a national landslide mitigation program, and that as part of a 10-year program the funding mix should transition from research and guideline development to partnership-based implementation of loss reduction measures.
Author: Elliott C. Spiker
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 68
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 201
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert L. Wold
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Published: 1989
Total Pages: 62
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Russell H. Campbell
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSouthern California residents have suffered death, injury, and property damage from debris flows generated by soil slips that occur during heary rains; the process is a recurring major natural geomorphic agent in the region. Defenses and warning are possible but require special engineering and procedures.
Author: William Madison Brown
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Field Trip Guidebooks Series, Volume 381. This guidebook describes an integrated program of field trips and workshops on landslides in central California. The program emphasizes state-of-the-art techniques for recognizing, mapping, analyzing, and mitigating a variety of landslide processes in urban, rural, and natural settings throughout the varied geologic terrain of central California. The workshops also draw upon pertinent examples of landslide processes from other areas to illustrate particular theories and practices. The field trips visit landslide areas and field research stations, and are interspersed with workshops on landslides induced by precipitation and earthquakes, automated terrain mapping, submarine landslide processes, field experimentation, landslide mapping techniques, landslide hazard mitigation through structural and nonstructural measures, and landslide policy issues. The three-day field trip across California from the Pacific Ocean to the Sierra Nevada focuses on the spectacular beauty and fascinating geology of the California Coast Ranges, Yosemite National Park, and Mammoth Lakes area.