<p>A hazard assessment has been performed on rock slopes impending over a segment of the Taorminese Road, which connects two popular tourist destinations in northeastern Sicily: the urban centers of Taormina and Castelmola. The road crosses steep rock slopes ...

Back-analysis of a landslide is performed to estimate the mobilized shear strength of the problematic layer. Back-analysis can be an effective procedure for estimating the mobilized shear strength because it avoids the problems associated with laboratory and ...

Beyond risk communication and public awareness campaigns, pro-active strategies for the mitigation of risk associated with landslides can broadly be categorised as (1) structural slope-stabilization measures to reduce the frequency and severity of the landslide ...

Case studies of difficult rock masses for slope excavations at Egnatia Odos Highway.