Landslide Mitigation Examples in Japan

May 6, 2009 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Landslide Mitigation Examples in Japan
Anchored landslide in Japan

Anchored landslide in JapanA couple of weeks ago the Landslides Under a Microscope blog had two nice posts about Landslide Mitigation examples in Japan. The author references the book “Landslides in Japan” (1996), but I’m not sure if the photos were scanned from there, or came from the author’s own photo collection or what. But there was one post focusing on control works for landslide mitigation and another on restraint works for landslide mitigation. (Photo from Landslides Under a Microscope blog)

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