Record details

• ISBN: 0442212224
• ISBN: 9780442212223
• Physical Description: xiv, 271 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
• Publisher: New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., c1982.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Bibliography: p. 259-263.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Soil erosion and mass-movement -- Role of vegetation in the stability and protection of slopes -- Principles of biotechnical slope protection -- Structural-mechanical components of biotechnical slope protection -- Vegetative components and requirements -- Quasi-vegetative or hybrid slope protection techniques -- Check dams for gully control -- Case histories and applications of biotechnical slope protection: Case huistory no. 1: Backshore slope protection : Great Lakes shoreline ; Case history no. 2: Watershed rehabilitation : Redwood National Park ; Case history no. 3: Cur slope stabilization : Lake Tahoe Basin.

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Subject:

Slopes (Soil mechanics)
Soil stabilization.
Soil erosion.
Soil-binding plants.
Hellingen.
Bodemerosie.
Bodemconservering.
Landschapsbeheer.
Beplanting.
Pentes (Mécanique des sols)
Sols > Stabilisation.
Sols > Érosion.
Couverture végétale du sol.