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References


Hyperlinks

http://www.fema.gov/hazards/landslides/

http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/


Bell, D.H., and Trangmar, B.B., 1987. Regolith materials ans erosion processes on the Port Hills, Christchurch, New Zealand. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference and Field Workshop on Landslides, Christchurch. pp 93-105.

Cooke, R.U., and Doornkamp, J.C., 1974. Ground-surface subsidence. Chapter 7 in Geomorphology in Environmental Management, Clarendon Press, Oxford. pp 167-187.

Costa, E., and Baker, R., 1981. Exogenic geological hazard: Landslides. Chapter 9 in Surficial Geology - Building with the Earth. John Wiley & Sons, New York. pp 242-283.

Crozier, M.J., 1984. Field assessment of slope instability. Chapter 4 in Slope Instability. D. Brunston and D.B. Prior (eds). John Wiley & Sons. pp 103-142.

Electricorp Production, 1989. Cromwell Gorge Landslides. 10 pp.

Stratham, I. 1977. Earthe Surface Sediment Transport. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 184pp.

Varnes, D.J., 1978. Slope Movement Types and Processes. In Eckel, E.B. (ed). Landslides and Engineering Practice. Highway Research Board Special Report 29.

Varnes, J., 1984. Landslide hazard zonation: a review of principles and practice. UNESCO. pp 9-31.

 

Landslips in Hong Kong

  1. GEO Information leaflets on: Publicity campaign on slope maintenance; Consequence classification used by the GEO; Lessons learnt on the 13 August 1995 Fei Tsui Road and Shum Wan Road landslides; GEO Emergency Service and Landslip Warnings.
  2. Brand, E.W. 1988: Landslide Risk Assessment in Hong Kong. 5th International Symposium on Landslides. Lausanne, Switzerland.
  3. Brand, E.W. 1984: Landslides in Southeast Asia: A State-of-the-Art Report. Proceedings, 4th International Symposium on Landslides, Toronto. Volume 1.
  4. Ruxton, B.P. 1980: Slope Problems in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Engineer.
  5. A.W. Malone, 1998. Slope movements associated with hillside cuttings in saprolites in Hong Kong. 2nd International Symposium on the Geotechnics of Hard Soils and Soft Rocks, Naples.
  6. Highland and Brown, 1996: Landslides: The Natural Hazard Sleepers. Geotimes (January): 16-22.
  7. Van Western and Terlien, 1996: An approach towards deterministic landslide hazard analysis in GIS. A case study from Manizales (Colombia). Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Vol. 21:853-868.
  8. JG Maund and M Eddleston (Eds.). 1998. Geohazards in Engineering Geology. Geological Society Engineering Geology Special Publication No. 15. HKU Main Library
  9. T Yamagami (Ed.) 1999. Slope stability engineering - Geotechnical and geoenvironmental aspects. Proccedings of an international symposium IS-Shohoku '99, Matsuyama, Shohoku, Japan, 8-11 November 1999. HKU Main Library.
  10. G. Hancox, 1998: Landslides and ground damage caused by earthquakes. Tephra. June Issue.
  11. Nieuwenhuis, J.D. 1991: The lifetime of a landslide: investigations in the French Alps. HKU Main Library.
  12. D.H. Bell (Ed.) 1992. Landslides/Glissements de Terrain - Proceedings of the 6th international symposium, Christchurch. HKU Main Library.
  13. B. Singh and N.C. Saxena (Eds.) 1989: Land Subsidence - Proceedings of the international symposium, Dhanbad, India. HKU Main Library.
  14. S. Novosad and P Wagner (Eds.) 1993: Landslides - Proceedings of the seventh international conference and field workshop on landslides in Czech and Slovak Republics. HKU Main Library.