Abstract

The First World Landslide Forum is organized on 18–21 November 2008 at the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan. Landslides are known to cause significant disasters every year over many parts of the world. The risk reduction of disastrous landslides is essential for the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015 “Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters” which was adopted during the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR) held in Kobe, Japan in 2005.

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