Description
Book SynopsisThe first hands-on instruction guide to landform grading and revegetation
Landform grading provides a cost-effective, attractive, and environmentally compatible way to construct slopes and other landforms that are stable and that blend in with the natural surroundings. Landform grading design and construction technology have advanced rapidly during the past decade, and this book explains the technique, its uses, its various applications, and its significant advantages.
Landforming: An Environmental Approach to Hillside Development, Mine Reclamation and Watershed Restoration, presents the first comprehensive and practical guidebook to the innovative techniques of landform grading and revegetation.
Citing numerous practical applications in such areas as hillside housing developments, mass grading operations, surface mining and watershed reclamation projects, the authors--one an internationally recognized instructor and the other an engineer with over thirty
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"Landforming presents the first comprehensive, hands-on instruction guide for this emerging discipline." (Civil Engineering; 10/07)
Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Introduction to Landform grading and Revegetation.
2. Surficial Erosion and Mass Wasting of Slopes.
3. Influence of Vegetation on Hillside Stability.
4. Influence of Topography on Slope Stability and Hydrology.
5. Geomorphic Evolution of Slopes.
Hillside Grading Fundamentals.
7. Principles of Landform Grading.
8. Essential Design Elements for Slope Forms and Landforms.
9. Implementation of the Landform Grading Plan.
10. Public and Regulatory Response to Landform Grading.
11. Landforming Projects-Watershed Restoration and Mining Reclamation.
12. Landforming Projects-Hillside Developments and Mass-Grading Applications.
Appendix.
Index.
