Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides

This volume includes refereed papers from the International Landslide Society (ICL) hosted by the Slovenia Geological Survey, the International Landslide Program (IPL) World Progress Committee, the University of Ljubljana (UL), and the 4th World Landslide Forum. May 29 to June 2, 2017, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The entire collection of forums has been published in full color in five colors. The first volume contains the following:

Professor Kyoji Sasa is the founding chairman of the International Landslide Association (ICL). Since its establishment in 2004, he is an executive director of ICL and an editor of the international journal Landslides.

Professor Matjaž Mikoš is the forum chairperson of the 4th World Landslide Forum. He is the Vice Chairman of the International Landslide Federation and serves as chair of the Slovenia National Disaster Risk Reduction Platform.

Professor Yin Yueping is the chairman of the China Geological Disaster Prevention Committee and is the chief geologist of the Geological Disaster Emergency Technology Bureau of the Ministry of Land and Resources of the People's Republic of China.

IPL (International Landslide Program) is an ICL program. The program is managed by the IPL Global Promotion Committee including ICL and ICL support organizations, UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO, IUGS, and IUGG. IPL will contribute to United Nations Disaster Prevention International Strategy and IS-20-ICL Sendai Partnership 2015-2025

Professor Binod Tiwari is the coordinator of Volume 2 of the 4th World Landslide Forum. He is a director of the International Landslide Association and is also the editor in the international journal "Mountain Landslide." He is an engineering department of the undergraduate research council in the US, a civil engineering awards award, a committee chairman, a chairman of the geological laboratory, and a chairman of the dam committee. IPL (International Landslide Program) is an ICL program. The program is managed by the IPL Global Promotion Committee including ICL and ICL support organizations, UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO, IUGS, and IUGG. IPL will contribute to United Nations Disaster Prevention International Strategy and IS-20-ICL Sendai Partnership 2015-2025

This volume includes refereed papers from the International Landslide Society (ICL) hosted by the Slovenia Geological Survey, the International Landslide Program (IPL) World Progress Committee, the University of Ljubljana (UL), and the 4th World Landslide Forum. May 29 to June 2, Ljubljana, Slovenia. The entire collection of forums has been published in full color in five colors. Volume 2 contains the following. Professor Binod Tiwari is the coordinator of Volume 2 of the 4th World Landslide Forum. He is a director of the International Landslide Association and is also the editor in the international journal "Mountain Landslide." He is an engineering faculty of the American Undergraduate Research Council, the American Society of Civil Engineers Award, the Chairperson of the Committee, and the Chairman of the Embankment and Dam Committee of the Geological Institute.

Landslides are important geological hazards that can damage natural and social environments. Many authors treat the concept of landslide in various ways. Varnes and IAEG (1984) define the landslide as "massive deformation of almost all slopes including rockfalls, damping and landslides with little or no real slip". Brusden (1984) argues that landslides are a unique form of mass transit, a process that does not require transport media such as water, air, ice. Crozier (1986) defines a landslide as "a transport agent for outward and downward gravity movements of earth's material without tap water". According to Hutchinson (1988), "a strict sense of landslide is a relatively rapid mass waste disposal that causes earth rocks, debris, or downhill movement caused by various external stimuli."