Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation

TRB Special Report 247 - Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation contains comprehensive, practical discussions of field investigations, laboratory testing, and stability analysis procedures and technologies; comprehensive references to the literature; and discussions of case studies, state-of-the-art techniques, and research directions.

A 2016 survey of the practitioners conducted by the Rockfall Management subcommittee of the TRB Standing Committee on Engineering Geology indicates that 61 percent of the respondents use TRB Special Report 247 - Landslides: Investigation and Mitigation,as a reference for rock slope design and as design guidelines. That same survey also indicated that 71 percent also use the TRB's Rockfall: Characterization and Control, published in 2012. as a reference for the rockfall design.