How to renew soil bioengineering for slope stabilization: some proposals

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 Số 1 - Trang 37-50 - 2019
Luca Giupponi1, Gigliola Borgonovo2, Annamaria Giorgi1, Gian Battista Bischetti1
1Centre of Applied Studies for the Sustainable Management and Protection of Mountain Areas (Ge.S.Di.Mont), University of Milan, Edolo, Italy
2Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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