Cover; Half Title; Title page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; List of figures; Introduction to the fifth edition; Foreword to the fifth edition; Foreword to the fourth edition; Author; Nomenclature; Note; 1. Principles of rock slope design; 1.1 Introduction. 1.1.1 Scope of book 1.1.2 Socioeconomic consequences of slope failure; 1.2 Principles of rock slope engineering; 1.2.1 Structural geology control of stability; 1.2.2 Slope features and definitions; 1.3 Standard terms for landslides; 1.4 Rock slope design methods. 1.4.1 Summary of design methods 1.4.2 Limit equilibrium analysis (deterministic); 1.4.3 Sensitivity analysis; 1.4.4 Risk: Hazard and consequence of instability; 1.4.5 Probabilistic design methods; 1.4.6 Load and resistance factor design. 2. Structural geology and data interpretation 2.1 Objectives of geological investigation; 2.2 Mechanism of joint formation; 2.3 Effects of discontinuities on slope stability; 2.4 Orientation of discontinuities; 2.5 Stereographic analysis of structural geology. 2.5.1 Stereographic projection 2.5.2 Pole plots and contour plots; 2.5.3 Pole density; 2.5.4 Great circles; 2.5.5 Lines of intersection; 2.6 Identification of modes of slope instability; 2.6.1 Kinematic analysis; 2.6.2 Planar failure; 2.6.3 Wedge failure.