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This book is designed to assist the civil and geotechnical engineer, geomorphologist, forester, landscape architect or ecologist in choosing ecotechnological solutions for slopes that are prone to a variety of mass movements e.g. shallow failure or erosion. Within this book, the ‘engineer’ is used in the global sense to encompass all planners, designers, etc who are involved in the stabilisation of slopes. We review the types of problematic slopes that may occur and describe briefly the nature of mass movements and the causes of these movements. In this book, we focus on the use of vegetation to stabilize soil on slopes prone to mass movements. Before a plant can be chosen for a particular function, its physical and hydrological properties must be determined, thus the root architecture of grasses, shrubs and trees are described and the soil hydrological and mechanical factors which influence vegetation are discussed. Depending on the use of the slope, the engineer may wish to ascertain either the stability of the slope or the mechanical stability of the vegetation or both, therefore slope stability analysis methods are reviewed and the contribution the vegetation has to the stability of the slope are explained. Models to assess the mechanical stability of vegetation are reviewed. This book also introduces new ecotechnological methods for stabilising active rockfalls on steep slopes and slopes that are prone to soil erosion following wild fires, as well as providing user friendly information on traditional ground bio-engineering techniques and tables of plants suitable for different functions. Case studies where ground bio- and eco-engineering measures have been put into practice are also discussed.

Slopes (Soil mechanics) --- Soil stabilization. --- Soil-binding plants. --- Stability. --- Erosion controlling plants --- Soil binders (Plants) --- Plants, Useful --- Stabilization of soils --- Soil mechanics --- Stability --- Reinforced soils --- Soil compaction --- Soil consolidation --- Subsurface drainage --- Slope stability (Soil mechanics) --- Soil stabilization --- Environmental management. --- Soil conservation. --- Forests and forestry. --- Plant Ecology. --- Landscape ecology. --- Environmental Management. --- Soil Science & Conservation. --- Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences. --- Forestry. --- Landscape Ecology. --- Ecology --- Botany --- Plants --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Conservation of soil --- Erosion control, Soil --- Soil erosion --- Soil erosion control --- Soils --- Agricultural conservation --- Soil management --- Control --- Prevention --- Conservation --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Soil science. --- Geotechnical engineering. --- Plant ecology. --- Engineering, Geotechnical --- Geotechnics --- Geotechnology --- Engineering geology --- Pedology (Soil science) --- Earth sciences --- Floristic ecology