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Landslide Risk Assessment by Lee E M and Jones D K C, Thomas Telford 2004.

Mouchel Parkman, UK

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As Dr Lee and Professor Jones declare ‘... the intention of this book is to examine a variety of approaches to landslide risk assessment and management using relevant examples from across the world. It is not intended to be a manual ...’. They have stuck to their intention and this book is much more a discussion about risk assessments and analysis than it is about landslips themselves, the authors assuming that their readers are already knowledgeable about landslips. There is a short section on the classification of types of landslips but this is perfunctory and there is no section on soil and rock mechanics.

The book is split into 7 sections: Section 1 sets the tone with 38 pages on . . . [Full Text of this Article]