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Landslides – Disaster Risk Reduction pp 63–88Cite as

Understanding to Predict

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Today a significant effort is being spent in some advanced countries in the world to develop reliable methods for landslide prediction and risk mitigation. The solution of such a problem requires a great experience and a deep knowledge of soil behavior. In fact, only a clear understanding of the physical and mechanical processes which lead to slope failure and of the processes which govern following movement of soil or rock masses, can help in the setting up of effective actions for risk mitigation. Based on the analysis and interpretation of documented cases, the paper reports some examples of the strict relationship which exists between soil properties or pore pressure regime, and landslide mechanisms.

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Picarelli, L. (2009). Understanding to Predict. In: Sassa, K., Canuti, P. (eds) Landslides – Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69970-5_4

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