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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299394003321

Autore

Coppola Luigi

Titolo

Hydrogeological Instability in Cohesive Soils : Techniques for Prediction, Prevention and Control / / by Luigi Coppola

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-74331-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages)

Disciplina

624.15136

Soggetti

Geotechnical engineering

Engineering geology

Engineering—Geology

Foundations

Hydraulics

Hydrogeology

Natural disasters

Environmental monitoring

Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences

Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics

Natural Hazards

Monitoring/Environmental Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book discusses techniques for predicting, preventing and controlling the hydrogeological instability of slopes consisting of cohesive soils. The proposed methodology is practical and innovative, and assumes a dynamic valence in defining the deformation process of underground failure as well as its activation through the assumption of a four-dimensional space-time continuum. This latter aspect is crucial for predicting a landslide in time to control it. At present, predicting, preventing and controlling hydrogeological instability in cohesive soils relies on mathematical modelling using specific software, the predictive



reliability of which is rather deficient. Such modelling is based upon deterministic processes, which are entirely unsuitable for dealing with the complexity of vital processes occurring during the genesis of a landslide. In this work, the three-dimensional vision of a landslide as a set of distinct and independent phenomena is abandoned and the prediction and prevention of hydrogeological instability is pursued through the alternative of an indivisible totality of natural phenomena that includes the time factor. The book is of interest to graduates and researchers of applied geology, geotechnical, environmental and civil engineering, as well as professionals in the fields of hydrogeology and natural hazards.