FAO watershed management field manual

Landslide prevention measures

by

H. Marui

FAO CONSERVATION GUIDE 13/4

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Rome, 1988

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

I. BASIC PRINCIPLES AND APPROACHES TO LANDSLIDES

II . CRITERIA FOR AVOIDANCE OF UNSTABLE SLOPES

III. INVESTIGATION AND FORECASTING MEASURES

IV. SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS

V. MECHANICAL PREVENTION AND STABILIZATION MEASURES

VI. VEGETATION PREVENTION AND STABILIZATION MEASURES

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