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Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Landslides in Sensitive Clays - From Research to Implementation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 46
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This book gathers the most recent scientific research on the
geological, geotechnical and geophysical aspects of slope failure
in sensitive clays. Gathering contributions by international
experts, it focuses on understanding the complete and practical
spectrum of challenges presented by landslides in such complex
materials. Based on sound and validated research results, the book
also presents several recommendations that could be implemented in
the guidelines or code-of-practice. These recommendations cover
topics including the characterization and behavior of sensitive
clays; the pre-failure, failure and post-failure stages of
sensitive clays; mapping and identification methods; climate
change; hazard assessment; and risk management. Sensitive clays are
known for their potential for causing large landslides, which pose
a serious risk to human lives, infrastructure, and surrounding
ecosystems within their reach. This has been demonstrated by the
recent catastrophic landslides in e.g. Sorum (2016), Skjeggestad
(2015), Statland (2014), Byneset (2012), St-Jude (2010), Lyngen
(2010) and Kattmarka (2009). The 2015 collapse of the Skjeggestad
Bridge in Norway - which was due to a landslide in sensitive clay -
alone costs millions of dollars in repairs. Recently, efforts are
being made to increase society's ability to cope with such
landslide hazards. Geoscientists are now expected to provide input
to the agencies responsible for landslide-risk preparedness. In
other words, geoscientists' role is not only to act as
technologists to establish new theories, but also to go the extra
mile to implement them in practice, so as to find meaningful
solutions to geotechnical problems.
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