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Ground and water bioengineering for erosion control and slope stabilization /
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / D. H. Barker
- Pt. I. Bioengineering practice for infrastructure
- 1. Introduction of ground and water bioengineering techniques into the humid tropics / D. H. Barker
- 2. Halsema Highway, Philippines : bioengineering as an aid to slope protection and erosion control / Colin Chant, Stephen Eagle, Gareth Hearn and Harold Insley
- 3. Fifteen years of bioengineering in the wet tropics : from A (Acacia auriculiformis) to V (Vetiveria zizanioides) / Diti Hengchaovanich
- 4. Applications of bioengineering for highway development in southwestern China / Jiang Yulin, Mao Wenbi, Song Xiaoliang, Chen Jiding, Rao Huangshang, Zhu Yuhua and Zhou Shengwen
- 5. Use of vegetation as surface protection for steep slopes in Hong Kong / Alex C. O. Li, A. T. Watkins and Y. K. Ho
- 6. Subic Freeport Expressway : a case study on bioengineering interventions / Proceso L. Tan and Nathanael V. Fernandez
- 7. Practical application of bioengineering techniques for restoration of varying watershed landforms / Wendy Goldsmith
- 8. Development of a bioengineering capability in the Nepal road sector / I. S. Dhakal, J. H. Howell, J. E. Clark and J. B. Shrestha
- 9. Stream restoration and soil bioengineering : U.S. Department of Agriculture initiatives / Alan D. Wood
- Pt. II. Forestry
- Introduction / Alex J. Watson
- 10. Transfer of soil bioengineering into new climatic, edaphic and floristic zones / Giuliano Sauli
- 11. Vetiver grass technology for land stabilization, erosion and sediment control in the Asia-Pacific region / Paul N. V. Truong
- 12. Vetiver, the grass for watershed management : a case study of submontane and scarcity zones of Nashik District (Maharashtra), India / Prakash B. Pawar
- 13. Broom grass (Thysanolaena maxima) hedges : a bioengineering device for erosion control and slope stabilization / Sudibya K. Khisa, M. Khairul Alam and Naez A. Siddiqi
- 14. Effect of hillside works on granite slopes : terracing and planting / T. Mizuyama, T. Uchida and A. Kimoto
- 15. Relations between typhoon storms, root systems and landslides / Zhou Guangyi
- 16. Comparison of methods for stability analysis of vegetated slopes / J. C. Ekanayake, C. J. Phillips and M. Marden
- 17. Soil-root interaction and slope stability / Tien H. Wu, Alex J. Watson and Mohamed A. El-Khouly
- Pt. III. Watershed management and agriculture
- Introduction / Amado R. Maglinao and Samran Sombatpanit
- 18. Nitrogen-fixing contour hedgerows as a sustainable soil and water conservation practice : the SALT experience / J. J. Palmer and G. A. Laquihon
- 19. Indigenous soil erosion control and slope stabilization techniques in the hills and mountains of Nepal / Chiranjivi Sharma
- 20. Soil and water conservation structures : lessons from ERDB-DENR experience / Antonio M. Dano and Pedro C. Atega
- 21. Use of plants for bioengineering in Sri Lanka / S. M. B. Makadawara
- 22. Bioengineering measures for soil and water conservation in India / J. S. Samra
- 23. Experience of the Mangla Dam watershed management project in Pakistan / Izhar-Ul-Haq and Fayyaz Ahmad
- 24. Natural vegetative strips : a bioengineering innovation to help transform tropical smallholder conservation / Dennis P. Garrity, Marco Stark and Agustin Mercado
- 25. Bioengineering measures for soil conservation in Bangladesh hill ecosystem / J. U. Shoaib and M. Rahman
- 26. Hedgerows and mulch as means of reducing soil losses and maintaining soil fertility in Vanuatu / Mireille Ferrandon, Yankee Wass and A. J. Dowling
- 27. Cultural practices for soil erosion control in cassava-based cropping systems in Indonesia / Suyamto and R. H. Howeler
- Pt. IV. Restoration
- Introduction / Ben Northcutt
- 28. Live pole slope stabilization in the tropics / David H. Barker
- 29. Review on soil erosion and its control in Montane regions of Nepal / Dinesh R. Shiwakoti
- 30. Bioengineering solutions to environmental problems in the mudstone areas in southwestern Taiwan / Shin-Hwei Lin and Chun-Pin Chang
- 31. Effects of erosion control work in the early stage of forest fire-affected areas of Kosong, Korea / Hyun Kyu Lee
- 32. Solutions to erosion problems in Vanuatu / Don E. K. Miller and Nick Lambrechtsen
- 33. Erosion control for volcanic ash-covered slopes at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea / Robert Goldsmith
- 34. Vegetative barriers : green belts or a waste of space? / W. R. S. Critchley, S. Sombatpanit and G. Schwilch
- 35. Toward the 1000-year erosion-free tailings dam slope : a study in South Africa / G. E. Blight and F. Amponsah-Da Costa
- 36. Vetiver grass technology for mine tailings rehabilitation / Paul N. Truong
- 37. Systematic approach to sustainable revegetation of mine spoils / Bruce T. Warden, Michael J. Hogan and Vic P. Claasen
- Conclusion / D. H. Barker.