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Proceedings of the 2010 Earth Retention Conference held in Bellevue, Washington, August 1-4, 2010. Sponsored by the Earth Retaining Structures Committee of the Geo-Institute of ASCE. This Geotechnical Special Publication (GSP 208) contains 72 papers that examine the major developments over the past 20 years in the design and construction practice of earth-retaining structures worldwide. Topics include: supported excavations mechanically stabilized earth retaining walls seismic evaluation of retention systems numerical analyses of retention systems load and resistance factor design landslide stabilization