Section 1: Coastal and fluvial geohazards • The problem of flooding in Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa • A combined geotechnical/geophysical method for the prediction of liquefaction with particular reference to the Fraser River Delta, British Columbia • High-altitude glacial lake hazard assessment and mitigation: a Himalayan perspective • Controls of fluvial hazards in the Indo-Gangetic Plains • Construction of a drainage tunnel as part of glacial lake hazard mitigation at Hualƒan, Cordillera Blanca, Peru • Coastal cliff behaviour and management: Blackgang, Isle of White • The performance of some coastal engineering structures for shoreline stabilization and coastal defence in Trinidad, West Indies • Assessing erosion of sandy beaches due to sea-level rise • Section 2: Volcanic and seismic geohazards • Volcanic hazards and their mitigation • The distal impact of Icelandic volcanic gases and aerosols in Europe: a review of the 1783 Laki Fissure eruption and environmental vulnerability in the late 20th century • Lessons from the Kobe earthquake • Earthquake-mail (E-mail) for low seismic zone earthquake hazard assessment • Section 3: Slope stability hazards • Engineering hazards in the Taroko Gorge, eastern Taiwan • Integrated use of Landsat TM and SPOT panchromatic imagery for landscape mapping: case histories from southeast Spain • Landslides and their control in the Chinese loess plateau: models and case studies from Gansu Province, China • Inspection and risk assessment of slopes associated with the UK canal network • Small is beautiful: investigations and remedial works for minor slope failures • Rock slope hazard assessment: a new approach • Silica gels: a possible explanation for slope failures in certain rocks • An extension of probabilistic slope stability analysis of china clay deposits using geostatistics • Use of landscape inventory data to define the spatial location of landslide sites, South Wales, UK • Section 4: Hazard mapping • Graphical methods for hazard mapping and evaluation • The role of engineering geology in the hazard zonation of a Malaysian highway • Mitigating geohazards affecting mountain roads in northeast Somaliland • A hazard map of the Magnesian Limestone of County Durham • Landslide susceptibility mapping using the matrix assessment approach: a Derbyshire case study • Section 5: Geohazards associated with underground subsidence and cavities • Subsidence hazards caused by dissolution of Permian gypsum in England: geology investigation and remediation • Chalk solution features at three sites in southeast England: their formation and treatment • A basic downhole geophysical approach to the investigation of shallow mineworkings • Texture analysis using multi-temporal digital data for landslide hazard mapping • Section 6: Urban geohazards in developing countries • Geohazards and the urban environment • Hazards induced by groundwater recharge under rapid urbanization • Natural hazards in the urban environment: the need for a more sustainable approach to mitigation • Landfill disposal of hazardous wastes in developing countries: balancing environmental protection and cost • Section 7: Geohazards associated with contaminated land • Acid mine drainage and pollution: two case histories from South Africa • GIS techniques for mapping and evaluating sources and distribution of heavy metal contaminants • Improved methods for developing and visualizing remediation strategies • Section 8: Planning and geohazards • Incorporation of information on geohazards into the planning process • Development advice maps: mining subsidence • Some issues associated with the preparation of a review of foundation conditions in Great Britain • Development of ‘rockhead’ computer-generated geological models to assist geohazard prediction in London • Subsidence hazard assessment as a basis for planning guidance in Ripon • Some geohazards caused by soil mineralogy, chemistry and microfabric: a review • Index