Progress in Landslide Science

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Landslide Science as a New Scientific Discipline....Pages 3-11
An Overview of Landslide Problems in the British Isles, with Reference to Geology, Geography and Conservation....Pages 13-25
Considerations about the Mechanics of Slow Active Landslides in Clay....Pages 27-45
Dynamics of Rapid Landslides....Pages 47-57
Progress in Debris Flow Modeling....Pages 59-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Undrained Stress-controlled Dynamic-loading Ring-shear Test to Simulate Initiation and Post-failure Motion of Landslides....Pages 81-98
Shear Behavior and Shear Zone Structure of Granular Materials in Naturally Drained Ring Shear Tests....Pages 99-111
Rockslides and Their Motion....Pages 113-133
Residual Shear Strength of Tertiary Mudstone and Influencing Factors....Pages 135-145
On Failure of Municipal Waste Landfill....Pages 147-149
Experimental Study with Ring Shear Apparatus on the May 2004 Landslide-Debris Flow at Bettou-dani Valley, Haku-san Mountain, Japan....Pages 151-166
On the Pore-pressure Generation and Movement of Rainfall-induced Landslides in Laboratory Flume Tests....Pages 167-181
Ring Shear Tests on Clays of Fracture Zone Landslides and Clay Mineralogical Aspects....Pages 183-192
Landslides Induced by a Combined Effect of Earthquake and Rainfall....Pages 193-207
Landslide Experiments on Artificial and Natural Slopes....Pages 209-226
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Enlargement of a Failed Area along a Sliding Surface....Pages 229-236
Airborne LIDAR Data Measurement and Landform Classification Mapping in Tomari-no-tai Landslide Area, Shirakami Mountains, Japan....Pages 237-249
Integration of Remote Sensing Techniques in Different Stages of Landslide Response....Pages 251-260
Rock Deformation Monitoring at Cultural Heritage Sites in Slovakias....Pages 261-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Extracting Necessary Pparameters from Real Landslide Mass for Mitigating Landslide Disaster....Pages 277-284
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Landslide Dams Formed by the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake in Japan....Pages 285-293
Shear Behavior of Clay in Slope for Pore Water Pressure Increase....Pages 295-303
Static and Dynamic Analyses of Slopes by the FEM....Pages 305-311
Debris Flows in the Vicinity of the Machu Picchu Village, Peru....Pages 313-318
Engineering Geology and Cultural Heritage: the Conservation of Remaining Bamiyan Buddhas (Central Afghanistan)....Pages 319-346
Debris Flow Hazard Defense Magnitude Assessment with Numerical Simulation....Pages 347-361
Back Matter....Pages 363-378