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Table of Contents

CIP

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 General

1.2 Method and Scope

2. LANDSLIDES, HAZARDS, CONSEQUENCES AND RISKS

2.1 Landslides

2.1.1 Material Type

2.1.2 Type of Movement

2.2 Landslides in British Columbia

2.3 Landslide Hazards, Consequences and Risks

2.3.1 Landslide Hazards

2.3.2 Landslide Consequences

2.3.3 Landslide Risks

2.3.4 Applications and Limitations

3. TERRAIN STABILITY MAPS

3.1 Uses

3.1.1 Resource Development Planning

3.1.2 Land Use and Development Planning

3.1.3 Linear Project Planning

3.2 Types

3.3 Terrain Attributes

3.4 Maps Scales

3.5 Map Units

4. TERRAIN STABILITY MAPPING METHODS

4.1 In the Initiation Zone

4.2 In the Runout Zone

5. SUGGESTED METHODS OF TERRAIN STABILITY MAPPING -- GENERAL ASPECTS

5.1 Starting a Project

5.2 Type of Map

5.3 Method of Mapping

5.4 Mapping Procedures

5.4.1 Map Scale and Mapping Intensity

5.4.2 Base Map

5.4.3 Previous Work

5.4.4 Slope Map and Drainage Map

5.4.5 Air Photos

5.4.6 Terrain Attributes

5.4.7 Air Photo Interpretation

5.4.8 Other Remote Sensing Data

5.4.9 Field Work

5.4.10 Terrain Stability Class Criteria

5.4.11 Map Units

5.4.12 Final Terrain Stability Map

5.4.13 Report

5.5 Professional Responsibility

6. SUGGESTED METHODS OF TERRAIN STABILITY MAPPING -- SPECIFIC ASPECTS

6.1. Resource Development Planning

6.1.1 Reconnaissance Terrain Stability Mapping

6.1.2 Detailed Terrain Stability Mapping

6.1.3 Field Terrain Stability Assessments

6.2 Land Use and Development Planning

6.3 Linear Project Planning

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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