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Ecological Engineering Measures for Ravine Slope Stabilization and Its Sustainable Productive Utilization *by Gaurav Singh, Raj Kumar, Dinesh Jinger and Dinesh Dhakshanamoorthy* Preface

This book discusses slope engineering, which involves the study and analysis of slope instability problems to safeguard the public and environment as well as the lifelong serviceability of any associated and adjacent structures or infrastructures. Landslides and other gravity-stimulated mass movements are important and costly problems of continual concern for slope engineers. These engineers must pay particular attention to geology, surface drainage, groundwater, and the shear strength of soils in assessing slope stability. Slope engineering projects are frequently located on or near the sloping ground, potentially subject to various kinds of instability such as slides, flows, and falls. These failures produce extensive property damage and occasionally result in loss of life. Therefore, it is frequently necessary to evaluate

Chapters in this volume cover such topics as remote sensing in landslide

detection, tunnel face stability, stability analysis and maintenance of cut slopes, design techniques in rock and soil engineering, statistical models for landslide risk mapping, slope stability analysis in open-pit mines, ecological engineering for slope stabilization, and asphalt-stabilized strengthening in open-pit coal mining.

> **Ali Ismet Kanlı Ph.d.** Professor of Geophysics, Faculty of Engineering,

> > Turkey

Department of Geophysical Engineering,

Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa,

existing and proposed slopes to assess their stability.
