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Comprises the proceedings of a conference on geotechnical waste management and contamination. Coverage ranges from remediation of contaminated sites to design and management of landfills. There are also papers dealing with case histories and research.

Contents: Groundwater contamination flow; Regulatory, & non regulatory controls for contaminated sites; Remediation of contaminated sites; Ground modification techniques in waste management;

Internal erosion and piping in embankments and their foundations is the main cause of failures and accidents to embankment dams. This volume covers internal erosion process of embankment dams and their foundations, from initiation of erosion, continuation, progression to form a pipe, and formation of a breach.

Geotechnical Engineering of Dams, 2nd edition provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams and the review and assessment of existing dams. The main emphasis of this work is on embankment dams, but much of the text, particularly those parts related to geology, can be used for concrete gravity and arch dams.

All phases of investigation, design and construction are covered. Detailed descriptions are given from the initial site assessment and site investigation program through to...

Landslide Risk Management comprises the Proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, held in Vancouver, May 31 to June 3, 2005. It contains state-of-the-art and invited lectures. as well as a selection of papers submitted to the conference, most of which serve as case history illustrations of projects on landslide risk management.

The 25 papers collected together in this volume present comprehensive coverage of all major aspects of landslide risk assessment, including the risk assessment framework, and methods for estimating probability of landsliding vulnerability and risk...