Overview
This chapter describes the processes involved in the transport of material over hillslopes. Hillslopes provide the gradients enabling material to be transported from the slopes themselves towards the valley bottoms, directly by gravity alone, or by water flowing down over the surface.
This book aims to assist in choosing ecotechnological solutions for slopes that are prone to a variety of mass movements e.g. shallow failure or erosion. The book reviews the types of problematic slopes that may occur and describes briefly the nature of mass movements and the causes of these movements. There is focus on the use of vegetation to stabilize soil on slopes prone to mass movements. The book also introduces new ecotechnological methods, and case studies are discussed.
- | Author: Alexia Stokes, Slobodan B. Mickovski, Rens van Beek, Joanne E. Norris, Erik Cammeraat, Bruce C. Nicoll, Alexis Achim
- | Publisher: Springer
- | Publication Date: Oct 19, 2010
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9789048176960
- | ISBN-10: 9048176964