Low-cost road construction and rehabilitation in unstable mountain areas

• Published in: Land Surface Evaluation for Engineering Practice Vol. 18; pp. 135 - 141
• Main Author: Hearn, G. J.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: The Geological Society of London 01.01.2001
• Series: Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications

Rationale When designing the construction or rehabilitation of roads in unstable mountain regions subjected to floods, landslides, erosion and earthworks failures, it has become usual practice to employ a selection of the techniques described in Section 2. The need for adequate land surface evaluati...