How vegetation reinforces soil on slopes

Slope Stability and Erosion Control: Ecotechnological Solutions

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 65-118

  Stokes, Alexia ^a   Norris, Joanne E ^b,c   Van Beek, L P H ^d   Bogaard, Thom ^e   Cammeraat, Erik ^f   Mickovski, Slobodan B ^g   Jenner, Anthony ^h   Di Iorio, Antonino ⁱ   Fourcaud, Thierry ^j  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b Halcrow Group Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g Jacobs UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^h Milton Keynes Parks Trust   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^j CIRAD   (France)

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Author keywords

anchorage; erosion; landslides; model; root architecture; root reinforcement; slope hydrology; tensile strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849132296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6676-4_4     Document Type: Chapter

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