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Landslides (2015) 12:177–192
DOI 10.1007/s10346-015-0555-8
Received: 2 January 2015
Accepted: 5 January 2015
Published online: 27 January 2015
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Kyoji Sassa I Yueping Yin I Paolo Canuti
The Third World Landslide Forum, Beijing, 2014
Abstract The Third World Landslide Forum was held on 2–6
June 2014 at the China National Convention Center, Beijing,
China. This article outlines the background and the objectives
of the World Landslide Forums and reports on the organized
sessions and published books for the Third World Landslide
Forum. During this triennial event of ICL, World Centres of
Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction and IPL Awards for
Success, Varnes Medal, Best paper awards, and others were
conferred. Through the examination in the high-level panel
discussion on the first day and the roundtable discussion on
the final day, 2014 Beijing Declaration “Landslide Risk Mitigation: Toward a Safer Geo-environment” was adopted. It is a
document calling to join the planned Sendai partnerships
2015–2024 as a contribution to post-2015 Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
platform for all types of organizations representing academia,
United Nations organizations, governments, private enterprises, and individuals that contribute to landslide research,
practice, education, and decision making and are willing to
strengthen landslide and other related earth system risk reduction strategies. The emphasis of this forum is “Toward a
safer geo-environment” with special attention given to actual
implementation of technology and research in daily applications and procedures with direct involvement of researchers,
engineers, private enterprises, stakeholders, and policy and
decision makers.
Keywords International Consortium on Landslides
(ICL) . International Programme on Landslides (IPL) .
World Landslide Forum (WLF)
Co-organizers International Association for Engineering Geology
and the Environment (IAEG), International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM), International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE), Geological Society of China (GSC),
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Chinese
Academy of Science (CAS), Chinese Academy of Geosciences
(CAGS), China Institute of Geo-environment Monitoring (CIGEM),
Northeast Forestry University, Chengdu University of Technology
(CDUT), China University of Geosicenece (CUG), Chang’an University, China Association of Geological Hazards Prevention (CAGHP),
and Committee of Geo-hazards, China (CGH).
Introduction
Background
The World Landslide Forum (WLF) is a triennial mainstream
conference aimed at gathering scientists, stakeholders, policy
makers, and industry dealing with the management of landslide
risk. The first WLF was organized in 2008 by the International
Consortium on Landslides (ICL), United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Culture Organization (UNESCO), World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction (UNISDR), United Nations University (UNU), the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Bank
(IBRD), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), Kyoto University
(KU), and Japan Landslide Society (JLS), at the United Nations
University, Tokyo. One full color book (649 pages) and two
mono-color proceedings, entitled Landslides-Disaster Risk Reduction, were published for WLF1 in 2008. The Second WLF was
organized in 2011 by the International Programme on Landslides
(IPL) Global Promotion Committee, including ICL, UNESCO,
FAO, WMO, UNIDSR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO, IUGS, Institute for
Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), and Earth
Science Department of University of Florence (Sassa et al.
2012). Seven volumes of full color books (3762 pages), entitled
Landslide Science and Practice, were published for WLF2.
Objectives
The Third World Landslide Forum (WLF3) aims at further
developing the outcomes of the WLF2 in Rome 2011 by providing a global crosscutting information and cooperation
Organizers and organizing committee
Organizers International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) and
China Geological Survey (CGS).
Sponsors IPL Global Promotion Committee, including ICL,
UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR, UNU, ICSU, WFEO, and IUGS, and
Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR), People’s Republic of China.
Honorary Chairpersons Daming Jiang (Minister, MLR), Irina
BOKOVA (Director General of UNESCO), Margareta WAHL
STRÖM (Special Representative of Secretary-General (SRSG) for
Disaster Risk Reduction, head of UNISDR), José GRAZIANO DA
SILVA (Director-General of FAO), Michel JARRAUD (SecretaryGeneral of WMO), Konrad OSTERWALDER (Rector of UNU),
Yuan Tseh LEE (President of ICSU), Adel Al-Karafi (President of
WFEO), and Roland OBERHAENSLI (President of IUGS).
Chairpersons Min WANG (Vice Minister of MLR, Director of
CGS), Paolo CANUTI (President of ICL), and Kyoji SASSA (Executive Director of ICL).
Report of World Landslide Forum 3
General information
Five hundred thirty-one participants, including registrants, VIPs,
exhibitors, and secretariat and main staff, from 40 countries and 5
organizations of the United Nations system, attended the WLF3
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that was held at the China National Conventions Center, Beijing,
on June 2–6, 2014. Table 1 presents the number and percentage of
registrants from each country.
speech on landslide risk reduction and creating a safer geo-environment. Figure 1 (middle and bottom) shows photos of the
opening ceremony.
Plenary sessions
High-level panel discussion
A high-level panel discussion on initiative to create a safer geoenvironment toward WCDRR 2015 and forward was moderated by
Hans van Ginkel, Chair of Independent Panel of Experts for World
Centers of Excellence (WCoE). A series of presentations were
delivered.
The panelists were Han Qunli (Director of the Division of
Ecological and Earth Sciences of UNESCO), Feng Min Kan
(Head of the Asian Pacific Office of UNISDR), Bruce Stewart
(Director, Climate and Water Dept. of WMO), Wen Dongguang
Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was facilitated by Jiang Jianjun, Director of
International Cooperation and Science & Technology Department,
MRL. On behalf of the organizing committee, Wang Min, the Vice
Minister of MLR, made a welcome address and introduced national policies and strategy on geo-hazards mitigation in China. He
emphasized that China would like to strengthen collaboration with
other countries and international and regional organizations in
the area. Paolo Canuti, former President of the ICL, delivered a
Table 1 Participants of the WLF3
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No.
Country
Participants
Percentage
No.
Country
Participants
Percentage
1
Albania
1
0.19
24
New Zealand
5
0.94
2
Austria
7
1.32
25
Netherland
1
0.19
3
Belgium
1
0.19
26
Norway
6
1.13
4
Brazil
4
0.75
27
Poland
7
1.32
5
Brunei
Darussalam
1
0.19
28
Russian
Federation
10
1.88
6
Canada
7
1.32
29
Saudi Arabia
1
0.19
7
People’s Republic
of China.
295
55.55
30
Serbia &
Montenegro
2
0.38
8
Chinese Taipei
4
0.75
31
Slovakia
3
0.56
9
Colombia
1
0.19
32
Slovenia
2
0.38
10
Croatia
5
0.94
33
South Africa
2
0.38
11
Czech Republic
7
1.32
34
Sri Lanka
4
0.75
12
France
4
0.75
35
Sweden
2
0.38
13
Germany
9
1.69
36
Switzerland
4
0.75
14
Greece
1
0.19
37
Thailand
4
0.75
15
Honduras
1
0.19
38
Turkey
4
0.75
16
India
2
0.38
39
UK
5
0.94
17
Indonesia
2
0.38
40
USA
5
0.94
18
Italy
34
6.40
19
Japan
30
5.65
1
FAO
2
0.38
20
Korea
(Republic of)
22
4.14
2
UNESCO
8
1.51
21
Malaysia
7
1.32
3
UNISDR
1
0.19
22
Mexico
5
0.94
4
UNU
1
0.19
23
Nepal
1
0.19
5
WMO
1
0.19
Total
participants
531
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UN Organizations
Fig. 1 Opening Session of the World Landslide Forum 3 Members of high-level panel discussion including an honorary Chairperson Irina Bokova (Director-General of
UNUESCO), Chairperson Min Wang (Vice Minister of Land and Resources in China, panelists and others from UNISDR, WMO, ICSU as well as ICL and IPL (top) and
participants in the opening session (middle and bottom)
(Director, Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology Dept. of
CGS), David Johnston (Chair of ICSU, Science Committee of the
Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)), and Kyoji Sassa
(Executive Director of ICL). Accomplishments on landslide risk
mitigation by different organizations were introduced, and recommendations for further works were put forward. In a special
address, Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, mentioned
that countries should be united to work against the natural
disasters and the UNESCO would like to further deepen cooperation with ICL. Figure 1 presents a photo of panelists and
other VIPs in the opening session.
Presenters and presentation titles in the panel discussion were
the following:
&
&
Qunli Han (UNESCO), Remarks for UNESCO and International
Consortium on Landslides
Feng Min Kan (UNISDR), Towards a Post-2015 Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction;
&
&
&
&
Bruce Stewart (WMO), A Safer Geo-environment: Prevention,
Preparedness, Response and Mitigation - Resilience;
Wen Dongguang (CGS), Landslide Survey and Monitoring in
China;
David Johnston (ICSU), IRDR: An Introduction;
Kyoji Sassa (ICL), ICL-IPL and its proposal of 2014 Beijing
Declaration to Develop a Safer Geo-environment.
Recognition of WCoE and IPL awards for success
After the panelist presentations, certificates for 15 World Centres
of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction 2014–2017 and two IPL
Awards for Success were conferred from UNESCO DirectorGeneral Ms Irina Bokova to each leader (Tables 2 and 3). Figure 2
shows the photo of the conferment from UNESCO-Director
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Table 2 List of WCoEs 2014–2017
No.
Country/region
Leader/contact person
Short title
Organization
1
China
Wei Shan
Formation mechanism research,
disaster warning, and universal
education of Cold Regions
Landslide
Research Center of Cold Regions
Landslide
2
China
WANG Min/YIN Yueping
Scientific research for mitigation,
preparedness and risk assessment
of landslides
China Geological Survey
3
Croatia
Željko Arbanas/Snježana
Mihalić Arbanas
Landslide Risk Reduction in the
Adriatic-Balkan Region through the
Regional Cooperation
Croatian Landslide Group
4
Czech Republic
Josef Stemberk
Landslide risk assessment and
development guidelines for
effective risk reduction
Institute of Rock Structure and
Mechanics Czech Academy of
Sciences & Charles University,
Faculty of Science
5
Indonesia
Dwikorita Karnawati
Development of Community-based
and Most Adaptive Technology for
Landslide Risk Reduction.
Universitas Gadjah Mada
6
Italy
Nicola Casagli/Veronica Tofani
Advanced Technologies for LandSlides
(ATLaS)
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of Florence
7
Japan
Daisuke Higaki
Emergency Response Support System
for Large-scale Landslide Disasters
The Japan Landslide Society (JLS)
8
Japan
Hideaki Marui
Risk identification and land-use
planning for disaster mitigation of
landslides
Niigata University, Research Institute
for Natural Hazards and Disaster
Recovery
9
Malaysia
Che Hassandi Abdullah/
Loretta Nihol
Implementation of National Slope
Master Plan
Slopes Engineering Branch, Public
Works Department of Malaysia
10
Nigeria
Ogbonnaya Igwe
Building human capacities and
expertise in landslide disaster risk
management
Department of Geology, University of
Nigeria, Nsukka
11
Russia
Alexander Strom
International Summer School on
Rockslides and Related Phenomena
in the Kokomeren River Valley,
Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan
Geodynamics Research Center – branch
of JSC "Hydroproject Institute" &
Institute of Seismology of National
Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz
Republic
12
Slovenia
Ana Petkovšek
Mechanisms of landslides and creep in
over-consolidated clays and flysch
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil
and Geodetic Engineering (UL FGG)
13
Sri Lanka
Nihal Rupasinghe
Developing model policy frameworks,
standards, and guidelines
Central Engineering Consultancy
Bureau
14
Chinese Taipei
Liang-Jenq Leu/Ko-Fei Liu
Scientific research for landslide risk
analysis, modeling, mitigation and
education
Department of Civil Engineering,
National Taiwan University
15
Thailand
N.M.S.I. Arambepola
“Promoting Knowledge, Innovations
and Institutions with South-South
focus through a Regional network
of Landslide Risk Reduction in
Changing Climate Scenario in Asia”
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center
(ADPC),
Information of WCoEs is available from http://iplhq.org/category/iplhq/world-centre-of-excellence-wcoe/
General to one of the 15 identified WCoEs and also to one of the
leaders of two IPL Awards for Success.
Keynote lectures “Progress in Landslide Science”
Chairs: Luciano Picarelli (Italy) and Alexander Strom (Russia)
Speakers and lectures:
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Runqiu Huang (National Key Laboratory of Geological Hazards Environment Protection, China), Progress in Large-Scale
Landslide Studies in China
Rex Baum (USGS, USA), Progress in Regional Landslide Hazard Assessment—Examples from the USA
Kyoji Sassa (ICL), Progress in Landslide Dynamics
Table 3 IPL Award for Success
No.
Leader/projects
Institution/country
1
Wei Shan
Research Center of Cold Regions Landslide/China
IPL Projects
IPL-132 Research on vegetation protection system for highway soil slope in seasonal frozen regions
(2008-present)
IPL-167 The effect of freezing-thawing on the stability of ancient landslide of North-Black highway
(2009-present)
Ogbonnaya Igwe
Department of Geology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka/Nigeria
IPL Projects
IPL-150 Capacity building and the impact of climate-driven changes on regional landslide distribution,
frequency and scale of catastrophe (2010 - present) IPL-183 Landslides in West Africa: impacts,
mechanism and management (2012-present)
2
Information of the on-going IPL projects is available from http://iplhq.org/category/iplhq/ipl-ongoingproject/
Anders Solheim (Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)) and
Farrokh Nadim (International Centre for Geohazards (ICG),
Norway), Progress of Living with Landslide Risk in Europe
Technical sessions (A, B, C sessions) Twenty-four technical sessions were organized. Submitted, reviewed, and accepted papers
were published in three volumes of full color books.
Parallel sessions and events from 4 June to the morning of 6 June 2014
On June 3–6, 360 presentations were delivered in 42 sessions which
are listed in Table 4.
Discussion sessions (D sessions) There were 14 discussion sessions. One hundred twenty-three papers were accepted by the
editorial committee of the mono-color proceedings and were published as the source of discussion in the discussion session volume
of the WLF3 proceedings in China.
Fig. 2 Certificate of the World Centre of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction (WCoE) 2014–2017 was conferred from Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova to
Dwikirita Karnawati, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, leader of one of 15 identified WCoE 2014–2017 (top) IPL Awards for Success was given to the IPL project leader
(Ogbonnaya Igwe) from Department of Geology, University of Nigeria. S. Diop received the US$3000 award from Director-General of UNESCO on behalf of O. Igwe
(bottom)
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Table 4 Parallel sessions and themes
Technical sessions
Special sessions
A1: International Programme on Landslides (IPL Projects and WCOE)
A2: Thematic and Regional Networks on Landslides
A3: Policy, Legislation, and guidelines on Landslides
A4: Climate & Landuse Change Impacts on Landslides
A5: Recognition and Mechanics of Landslides
A6: General Landslide Studies
Methods of landslide studies
B1:Physical modeling and material testing
B2: Application of numerical modeling techniques to landslides
B3: Remote sensing techniques for landslide mapping and monitoring
B4: Hazard mapping
B5: Monitoring, predicting and warning of landslides
B6: Risk assessment
B7: Remedial measures & prevention works
B8: Risk reduction strategy
B9:Inventory and database
Targeted landslide
C1: Debris flows
C2: Rock-slope instability and failure
C3: Earthquake-induced landslides
C4: Rain-induced landslides
C5: Landslides in cultural/natural heritage sites
C6: Urban landslides
C7: Landslides in cold regions
C8: Landslides in coastal and submarine environments
C9: Natural dams and landslides in reservoirs
Side events
S1: Student session
S2: Dialogue on country landslide issues, SATREPS
S3: ICL teaching tool
S4: Free discussion session on side event teaching tool, country landslide issues including the
SATREPS project
Discussion sessions
D1: Rain-induced landslides
D2: Rain-induced landslides
D3: Remote sensing techniques
D4: Recognition and mechanics of landslides
D5: Rock slope stability
D6: Building resilient landscapes (FAO)
D7: Natural dam and landslides in reservoirs
D8: Debris flows
D9: Physical and numerical modeling
D10: Monitoring, prediction, and warning of landslides
D11: Risk assessment and remedial measure
D12: Inventory and earthquake-induced landslides
D13: General landslides studies (part 1)
D14: General landslides studies (part 2)
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Side events (S sessions) Presentation and roundtable discussion
for specific topics; student sessions, ICL landslide teaching tools,
dialogues on country landslide issues and roundtable free discussion on further development of ICL teaching tools, and country
landslide issue and other topics.
Roundtable discussion at 1400–1540 hours on 6 June 2014
A roundtable discussion was conducted in the afternoon of the
final day.
Chair: Giuseppe Arduino (UNESCO), Matjaz Mikos (ICL),
and Satoru Nishikawa (Japan Water Agency, Post-2015 Framework Advisory Group)
Panelists: Wolfgang Eder (ICL Technical Advisor, Germany),
Thomas Hofer (Forest Department of FAO), Marco Komac
(ICL Board Member, Vice President of IUGS), Alexandros
Makarigakis (Cross-Cutting Thematic Unit on Disaster Risk
Reduction of UNESCO), Claudio Margottini (ICL Vice President and Chair of the Second World Landslide Forum, Italy),
and Bruce Stewart (Director, Climate and Water Department
of WMO)
Major achievements in WLF3 were summarized as a development milestone of the ICL. Worldwide strategies of landslide risk mitigation were discussed including the further
development toward WLF4. The “2014 Beijing Declaration—
Fig. 3 2014 Varnes Medal conferred to Luciano Picalleri (Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy) (top-left), 2013 Best Paper Award provided to Rex Baum on behalf of Staley,
Kean, Cannon, Schmidt, and Laber (Landslides, 10–5: 547–562) (top-right). Student Award (US$200) provided to Hendy Setiawan (Indonesia), a graduate student of
Kyoto University, Japan (middle-left). Certificates were given to new ICL members in 2013–2014, the middle-right photo is R.M.S Bandara from the National Building
Research Organization, Sri Lanka. Many young individuals from China voluntarily contributed to the organization of WLF3. A group photo was taken together with
participants after all events were completed (bottom)
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Landslide Risk Mitigation: Toward a Safer Geoenvironment”
was adopted after some amendments. Proposal of the 2015
ICL-IPL Sendai Partnership was also brought up. The adopted
Beijing Declaration is listed at the end of this article.
Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony was preceded by President Paolo Canuti
and Executive Director Kyoji Sassa. Firstly, Yueping Yin (China
Geological Survey, China), the incoming President, presented his
plan for his term starting from 1 January 2015. Then, four Vice
Presidents to be working with the new President were introduced.
After that, each Vice President talked his/her goals in their forthcoming term. The four Vice Presidents for the forthcoming term
are Claudio Margottini, Italian Geological Survey, Italy (the second
term from 1 January 2014), Irasema Alcantara-Ayala, Institute
Geography, UNAM, Mexico (the second term from 1 January
2015), Matjaz Mikos, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (the first
term from 1 January 2015), and Dwikorita Karnatati, Gadjah Mada
University, Indonesia (the first term from 1 January 2015). Then,
the following awards and certificates were conferred.
Varnes Medal 2014 Varnes Medal was conferred to Luciano
Picarelli, Professor of the Seconda Università di Napoli. He
Table 5 Contents of full color books
Volume 1
The International Programme on Landslides
Part I
Plenary Lectures
Part II
International Programme on Landslides
Part III
Thematic and Regional Networks on Landslides
Part IV
Policy, Legislation and Guidelines on Landslides
Part V
Climate & Landuse Change Impacts on Landslides
Part VI
Recognition and Mechanics of Landslide
Part VII
General Landslide Studies
Part VIII
Side Events
Volume 2
Methods of Landslide Studies
Part I
Physical Modeling and Material Testing
Part II
Application of Numerical Modeling Techniques to Landslides
Part III
Remote Sensing Techniques For Landslide Mapping and Monitoring
Part IV
Hazard Mapping
Part V
Monitoring, Prediction and Warning Of Landslides
Part VI
Risk Assessment
Part VII
Remedial Measures & Prevention Works
Part VIII
Risk Reduction Strategy
Part IX
Landslide Inventory and Database
Volume 3
Targeted Landslides
Part I
Debris Flows
Part II
Rock-Slope Instability and Failure
Part III
Earthquake-Induced Landslides
Part IV
Rain-Induced Landslides
Part V
Landslides in Cultural/Natural Heritage Sites
Part VI
Urban Landslides
Part VII
Landslides in Cold Regions
Part VIII
Landslide in Coastal And Submarine Environments
Part IX
Natural Dams and Landslides in Reservoirs
In addition to three full color proceedings, volume 4, a mono-color proceeding for discussion session, was published by the Chinese Organizing Committee. The volume contains 123
full papers in 730 pages
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delivered a short talk (Fig. 3 top-left). Varnes Medal is the
highest award of ICL. The past recipients of Varnes Medal are
the following:
2003, Robert Schuster (US Geological Survey, USA)
2004, John Hutchinson (Imperial Colleague, UK)
2005, Masami Fukuoka (University of Tokyo, Japan)
2006, Norbert R. Morgenstern (University of Alberta,
Canada)
2007, Edward Derybyshire (University of Leicester, UK)
2008, David Cruden (University of Alberta, Canada)
2010, Zaiguan Lin (Leader of China-Japan Join Research on
Landslide Hazard Assessment at Cultural Heritage sites in
Xi’an, China)
2012, Rajendra Kumar Bhandari (Central Building Research
Institute, India)
Best Paper Award The Best Paper Award was given to the authors
D.M. Staley, J.W. Kean, S.H. Cannon, K.M. Schmidt, and J.L. Laber
for their paper “Objective definition of rainfall intensity—
duration thresholds for the initiation of post-fire debris flows in
southern California” published in Volume 10 (2013) of Landslides,
no 5, pp. 547–562. Rex Baum of the U.S Geological Survey received
the plaque and the certificate on behalf of his colleagues in USGS
(Fig. 3 top-right).
Two papers were selected as the Best Paper Award for 2012. By
utilizing the opportunity of World Landslide Forum 3, the plaques
and the certificates were also conferred to two best paper awards
for 2012, as follows.
1. N.M. Pinyol, E.E. Alonso, J. Corominas and J. Moya: Canelles
landslide: modelling rapid drawdown and fast potential sliding
(Vol. 9, No. 1)
2. R. Sosio, G.B. Crosta and O. Hungr: Numerical modeling of
debris avalanche propagation from collapse of volcanic edifices (Vol. 9, No. 3)
Student Award and certificates to new ICL members A new
student session was introduced in this forum. Hendy Setiawan
(Indonesia), a graduate student of Kyoto University, was selected for the student award (Fig. 3 middle-left). Moreover,
new ICL members also received their membership certificates.
The middle-left of Fig. 3 shows R.M.S Bandara as a new ICL
member “National Building Research Organization, Sri
Lanka.” The last photo is a group photo of volunteers working for the organization and implementation of the World
Landslide Forum 3 and participants attending the closing
ceremony.
Post-forum field trip Thirty-two participants from 17 countries,
including UK, Switzerland, Poland, Norway, Austria,
Czech Republic, Russia, and China joined the post-forum field
trips in Wenchuan M 8.0 Earthquake area and the Three Gorges
Reservoir area.
T2 Catastrophic landslides triggered by the Wenchuan M 8.0
Earthquake and Reconstruction, June 7–10
T3 Landslide Prevention and Early Warning at the Three Gorges
Reservoir, June 7–10
Publications
All accepted papers after peer review and editing were published in
three volumes (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3, with 2144 pages) of the full
color book Landslide Science for a Safer Geenvironment by Springer, which were distributed to all participants of the World Landslide Forum.
Front pages for all volumes:
Foreword for International Consortium on Landslides by
Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO
Foreword by Margareta WAHLSTRÖM, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk
Reduction
Preface: Landslide Science for a Safer Geoenvironment—
Proceedings of the Third World Landslide Forum by Kyoji
Sassa, Paolo Canuti, Yueping Yin
Activities of the International Programme on Landslides
(IPL)—IPL Projects and World Centres of Excellence on
Landslide Risk Reduction (WCoE) by Matjaž Mikoš and
Snježana Mihaljić Arbanas
Back pages for all volumes:
Landslide Technology and Engineering in Support of Landslide Science by Kyoji Sassa
Proceedings were edited by session editors. Papers accepted
in each session were published as parts for each volume as
presented in Table 5.
2014 Beijing Declaration “Landslide Risk Mitigation: Toward a Safer
Geoenvironment”
The high-level panel discussion put forward the draft of the
2014 Beijing Declaration based on the previous examination in
2013 ICL-IPL Conference held at Shiran Kaikan, Kyoto University, on 19–22 November 2013 to the participants of the World
Landslide Forum 3. After the examination during the forum, it
was further examined during the roundtable discussion and
adopted by the participants after discussion and amendments
by panelists and floor on the final day of the forum. The aim of
this declaration is to establish ICL-IPL Sendai Partnerships in
the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (3rd
WCDRR) to take place in Sendai, Japan, March 2015. It is
expected that this partnership will shape the future global cooperation platform for landslide risk reduction. This partnership is now being examined in the planned working session for
WCDRR. The partnerships may be expanded to landslides and
other related Disaster Risk Reduction during joint examination
together with possible partners. We will report its progress in
the next issues of Landslides.
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The 2014 Beijing Declaration
Landslide Risk Mitigation
Toward a Safer Geo-environment
1.
The World Landslide Forum III was convened in Beijing, China, from 3 to 6 June 2014 by the International Consortium on
Landslides (ICL) and the China Geological Survey with the sponsorship of the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) and the Ministry of Land and Resources of the People’s Republic of China, and with
support from other organizations. Five hundred thirty-one participants came from 211 national and international technical and
scientific organizations*, representing 40 countries, and 5 organizations of the United Nations system. They examined how
scientific knowledge and technical know-how can, on a global scale, be further applied to policy-making and practice for
landslide Disaster Risk Reduction and resilience building.
2.
The participants underline that landslides, occurring on land and at sea, pose considerable risks to humankind, disrupting
societal functions and derailing economic gains. They threaten people’s lives and livelihoods by destroying buildings,
transportation, and other networks as well as cultural and natural heritage, affecting communities and their economy. It is
often the poorest people who are most seriously affected by these dramatic events.
3.
The participants observe that landslides are a complex natural phenomenon that can be triggered by earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, heavy and recurrent rainfall, typhoons, hurricanes, and snowmelt, sometimes exacerbated by unregulated anthropogenic developments such as roads, waterworks, and mining. Submarine landslides are able to generate tsunamis and
represent a hazard to coastal areas.
4.
The participants acknowledge the fact that global climate change is expected to increasingly affect the frequency and extent
of heavy rainfall at a local and regional level. Combined effects of natural phenomena and human adverse activities, associated
with a rise in the vulnerability of the human and physical environment, are increasing landslide risk in the world.
Understanding landslides, their associated risks and the vulnerability of societies, requires an integrated and multidisciplinary
approach including contributions from natural, social, and engineering sciences and local knowledge.
5.
The participants assessed the activities developed and implemented in pursuance of the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan and
the 2008 Tokyo Declaration and commit to pursue their further implementation in line with the 2012 ICL Strategic Plan
2012–2021. They agreed on an initiative to further strengthen international networking and partnerships in science and
technology on landslides toward a safer geo-environment in support of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
6.
The participants endorse the plans to organize an ICL-IPL Conference as part of the Third World Conference on Disaster
Risk Reduction (3rd WCDRR) to take place in Sendai, Japan, March 2015. They urge the ICL-IPL Sendai Conference to define
and adopt concrete actions which will be carried out by international networks and partnerships, of public and private
institutions, in science and technology, the ICL-IPL Sendai Partnerships, to help achieve the ISDR goals.
A Call
7.
The participants invite related governmental, nongovernmental, and international programs, and initiatives from natural,
engineering, human, social, and economical sciences, public and private, to promote science and technology and their
applications for Landslide Risk Mitigation by joining the ICL-IPL Sendai Partnerships aimed at enhancing capacities, in
particular in the developing world, to reduce risk and vulnerabilities and build resilience related with landslides, also through
formal and informal education, and contribute to a safer geo-environment in support of the International Strategy for Disaster
Reduction.
ANNEX to the 2014 Beijing Declaration: Landslide Risk Mitigation: Toward a Safer Geo-environment
*List of participating organizations
A.
ICL Supporting Organizations
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
WMO: World Meteorological Organization
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
UNISDR: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction,
UNU: United Nations University
ICSU: International Council for Science
IUGS: International Union of Geological Sciences
B.
ICL Member Institutions
Albanian Geological Survey, Albania
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Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
China Geological Survey, People’s Republic of China
Northeast Forestry University, People’s Republic of China
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Croatian Landslide Group from University of Rijeka and University of Zagreb, Croatia
City of Zagreb, Emergency Management Office, Croatia
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic,
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Institute and Laboratory of
Geotechnics, Germany
Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
University of Firenze, Earth Sciences Department, Italy
ISPRA-Italian Institute form Environmental Protection and
Research, Italy
University of Calabria, Laboratory of Environmental Cartography
and Hydraulic and Geological Modeling, Italy
Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Japan
Niigata University, Research Institute for Natural Hazards and
Disaster Recovery, Japan
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM),
Republic of Korea
Korea Infrastructure Safety & Technology Corporation, Republic
of Korea
Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Republic of Korea
Korean Society of Forest Engineering, Republic of Korea
Slope Engineering Branch, Public Works Department of Malaysia
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway
Department of Engineering and Ecological Geology, Moscow
State University, Russia
JSC “Hydroproject Institute” Russia
Russian Academy of Sciences, Sergeev Institute of Environmental
Geoscience (IEG RAS), Russia
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Serbia
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department
of Engineering Geology, Slovakia
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
(ULFGG), Slovenia
Geological Survey of Slovenia, Slovenia
Engineering Geoscience Unit, Council for Geoscience, South Africa
Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB), Sri Lanka
National Building Research Organization, Sri Lanka
National Taiwan University, Department of Civil Engineering,
Chinese Taipei
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Thailand
Institute of Transport Science and Technology, Viet Nam
C.
Other organizations
University of Vienna, Austria
Institute of Applied Geology, BOKU University, Austria
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
Austrian Service in Torrent and Avalanche Control, Austria
University of Liege, Belgium
University of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
University of Campinas, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro Geological Survey, Brazil
Public Works Department, Brunei
SNC-Lavalin, Canada
University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Centre for Natural Hazards Research, Simon Fraser University,
Canada
University of Waterloo, Canada
Anhui University of Science and Technology, People’s Republic
of China
Beijing Jiaotong University, People’s Republic of China
Beijing University of Technology, People’s Republic of China
CCCC Highway Planning and Design Institute co., LTD,
People’s Republic of China
Center for Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, CGS,
People’s Republic of China
Chang’an University, People’s Republic of China
Chengdu Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic
of China
Chengdu Istitue of Geology and Mineral Resources, People’s
Republic of China
Chengdu University of Technology, People’s Republic of China
China Aero Geophysical Survey & Remote Sensing Centre for
Land & Resources, People’s Republic of China
China Earthquake Networks Center, People’s Republic of China
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research,
People’s Republic of China
China Ordnance Industry Survey and Geotechnical Institute,
People’s Republic of China
China Three Gorges University, People’s Republic of China
China University of Geosciences, People’s Republic of China
China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, People’s
Republic of China
Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Chongqing Exploration & Design Institute of Geological Hazard
Control Engineering, People’s Republic of China
Chongqing Geological Survey, People’s Republic of China
Chongqing Survey & Design Institute of Geological Hazard
Control Engineering, People’s Republic of China
Chongqing Yangtze River Engineering Survey and Design Institute, People’s Republic of China
Dalian University of Technology, People’s Republic of China
Fugro Geotechnical Services Ltd., People’s Republic of China
Gansu Construction Vocational Technical College, People’s Republic of China
Gansu Geological Environmental Monitoring Institute, People’s
Republic of China
Geological Environment Monitoring Station of Chongqing, People’s
Republic of China
Geological Environmental Monitoring Institute in Gansu
Province, People’s Republic of China
Geological Hazards Institute, Gansu, Academy of Science,
People’s Republic of China
Geological Hazards Prevention Institute, Gansu Academy of
Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Geology Survey Center of Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic
of China
Institute of Exploration Technology, CAGS, People’s Republic
of China
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academic of
Science, People’s Republic of China
Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, People’s
Republic of China
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Institute of Geomechanics, CAGS, People’s Republic of China
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s
Republic of China
JiangXi Province ShangRao City Land Resources Bureau,
People’s Republic of China
Jundun System Science and Technology CO. LTD, People’s
Republic of China
Lanzhou University, People’s Republic of China
Logistical Engineering University, People’s Republic of China
Nanjiang Hydrogeological & Engineering Geology Brigade,
People’s Republic of China
Nanjing Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic
of China
Nanjing University, People’s Republic of China
Ocean University of China, People’s Republic of China
School of Geology Engineering and Geomatics, People’s
Republic of China
Shandong University, People’s Republic of China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People’s Republic of China
Shanxi geological environment monitoring center, People’s
Republic of China
Sichuan Geological Survey 909 Geological Brigade, People’s
Republic of China
Southwest Jiaotong University, People’s Republic of China
Southwest Petroleum University, People’s Republic of China
Southwest University of Science and Technology, People’s
Republic of China
Springer Beijing, People’s Republic of China
State Chengdu University of Technology, People’s Republic of
China
The China Meteorological Administration Public Meteorological
Service Center, People’s Republic of China
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, People’s Republic of
China
The Institute of Crustal Dynamics, People’s Republic of China
The Nuclear Industry Geological Survey 282 Geological
Brigade, People’s Republic of China
The Three Gorges Hazard Prevention Office, People’s Republic
of China
The University of Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
The Yangtze River Water Resources Commission Yangtze River
Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Tian Jin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, People’s
Republic of China
Tongji University, People’s Republic of China
Wuhan Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic of
China
Xi’an Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic of
China
Xi’an Jiaotong University, Department of Civil Engineering,
Xi'an, People’s Republic of China
Xi'an Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic of
China
Yunnan Institute of Geological Environmental Monitoring,
People’s Republic of China
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National Central University, Chinese Taipei
University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Institute of Information Theory and Automation,
Czech Republic
ARCADIS Geotechnika a.s, Czech Republic
Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
University of Bremen, Germany
University of Vechta, ISPA, Germany
German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam,
Germany
University of Thessaly, Greece
JICA Honduras Office, Honduras
Mizoram University, Pachhunga University College, India
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, H.P., India
CMCC Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui cambiamenti climatici, Italy
CNR-IRPI, National Research Council, Italy
Comuhedi Amcoma, Italy
Department of Earth and Environment Sciences, University of
Pavia, Italy
DIFA, University of Bologna, Italy
Institute for the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage
(ICVBC), National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Maccaferri, Italy
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
(OGS), Italy
Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy
University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Advantecnology Co., Ltd, Japan
Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd., Japan
Asian Institute of Space Information, Japan
Ehime University, Japan
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
Gunma University, Japan
Hirosaki University, Japan
International Consortium on Landslides, Japan
Japan Water Agency, Japan
Kochi University, Japan
Kyoto University, Japan
National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster, Japan
Niigata University, Japan
Nippon KOEI CO., LTD., Japan
Shimane University, Japan
Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan
Dept. of Ocean Engineering, Pukyong National University, Korea
Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea
Institute of Construction Technolgy, Korea
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST),
Korea
Pukyong National University, Korea
Sejong University, Korea
Seoul National University, Korea
University of Seoul, Korea
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
MySTAR, Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Practical Action, Nepal
GNS Science, New Zealand
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Geological Survey of Norway, Norway
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Norway
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE),
Norway
Institute of Opencast Mining “Poltegor-Institute,” Ministry of
the Environment, Poland
Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute, Poland
Chuvash State University, Russia
Earth Cryosphere Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Siberian Branch, Russia
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, SB RAS, Russia
Kuban State University, Russia
Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Russia
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
State Geological Institute of D. Stúr, Slovakia
De Laih South Africa (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Stockholm University, Sweden
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich,
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland
GEOTEST AG, Switzerland
Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey
Tuzunw Yil University, Turkey
Hacettepe University, Turkey
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), UK
British Geological Survey, UK
University of Bath, UK
University of Southampton, UK
California State University, Fullerton, USA
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
Visual Slope, LLC, USA
The 2014 Beijing Declaration
Landslide Risk Mitigation
Toward a Safer Geo-environment
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The World Landslide Forum III was convened in Beijing, China, from 3 to 6 June 2014 by the International Consortium on
Landslides (ICL) and the China Geological Survey with the sponsorship of the Global Promotion Committee of the
International Programme on Landslides (IPL) and the Ministry of Land and Resources of the People’s Republic of China,
and with support from other organizations. Five hundred thirty-one participants came from 211 national and international
technical and scientific organizations*, representing 40 countries, and 5 organizations of the United Nations system. They
examined how scientific knowledge and technical know-how can, on a global scale, be further applied to policy-making and
practice for landslide Disaster Risk Reduction and resilience building.
The participants underline that landslides, occurring on land and at sea, pose considerable risks to humankind, disrupting
societal functions and derailing economic gains. They threaten people’s lives and livelihoods by destroying buildings,
transportation, and other networks as well as cultural and natural heritage, affecting communities and their economy. It is
often the poorest people who are most seriously affected by these dramatic events.
The participants observe that landslides are a complex natural phenomenon that can be triggered by earthquakes, volcanic
eruptions, heavy and recurrent rainfall, typhoons, hurricanes, and snowmelt, sometimes exacerbated by unregulated anthropogenic developments such as roads, waterworks, and mining. Submarine landslides are able to generate tsunamis and
represent a hazard to coastal areas.
The participants acknowledge the fact that global climate change is expected to increasingly affect the frequency and
extent of heavy rainfall at a local and regional level. Combined effects of natural phenomena and human adverse activities,
associated with a rise in the vulnerability of the human and physical environment, are increasing landslide risk in the world.
Understanding landslides, their associated risks and the vulnerability of societies, requires an integrated and multidisciplinary approach including contributions from natural, social, and engineering sciences and local knowledge.
The participants assessed the activities developed and implemented in pursuance of the 2006 Tokyo Action Plan and the
2008 Tokyo Declaration and commit to pursue their further implementation in line with the 2012 ICL Strategic Plan 2012–
2021. They agreed on an initiative to further strengthen international networking and partnerships in science and technology
on landslides toward a safer geo-environment in support of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
The participants endorse the plans to organize an ICL-IPL Conference as part of the Third World Conference on Disaster
Risk Reduction (3rd WCDRR) to take place in Sendai, Japan, March 2015. They urge the ICL-IPL Sendai Conference to define
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189
ICL/IPL Activities
and adopt concrete actions which will be carried out by international networks and partnerships, of public and private
institutions, in science and technology, the ICL-IPL Sendai Partnerships, to help achieve the ISDR goals.
A Call
7.
The participants invite related governmental, nongovernmental, and international programs, and initiatives from natural,
engineering, human, social, and economical sciences, public and private, to promote science and technology and their applications for Landslide Risk Mitigation by joining the ICL-IPL Sendai Partnerships aimed at enhancing capacities, in particular in the
developing world, to reduce risk and vulnerabilities and build resilience related with landslides, also through formal and informal
education, and contribute to a safer geo-environment in support of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction.
ANNEX to the 2014 Beijing Declaration: Landslide Risk Mitigation: Toward a Safer Geo-environment
*List of participating organizations
A.
ICL Supporting Organizations
UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
WMO: World Meteorological Organization
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
Nations
UNISDR: United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction,
UNU: United Nations University
ICSU: International Council for Science
IUGS: International Union of Geological Sciences
B.
ICL Member Institutions
Albanian Geological Survey, Albania
Geological Survey of Canada, Canada
China Geological Survey, People’s Republic of China
Northeast Forestry University, People’s Republic of China
Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia
Croatian Landslide Group from University of Rijeka and University of Zagreb, Croatia
City of Zagreb, Emergency Management Office, Croatia
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic,
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Institute and Laboratory
of Geotechnics, Germany
Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
University of Firenze, Earth Sciences Department, Italy
ISPRA-Italian Institute form Environmental Protection and Research, Italy
University of Calabria, Laboratory of Environmental Cartography and Hydraulic and Geological Modeling, Italy
Kyoto University, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Japan
Niigata University, Research Institute for Natural Hazards
and Disaster Recovery, Japan
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
(KIGAM), Republic of Korea
Korea Infrastructure Safety & Technology Corporation, Republic
of Korea
Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Republic of Korea
Korean Society of Forest Engineering, Republic of Korea
Slope Engineering Branch, Public Works Department of
Malaysia
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway
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Department of Engineering and Ecological Geology, Moscow
State University, Russia
JSC “Hydroproject Institute” Russia
Russian Academy of Sciences, Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience (IEG RAS), Russia
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Serbia
Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department
of Engineering Geology, Slovakia
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
(ULFGG), Slovenia
Geological Survey of Slovenia, Slovenia
Engineering Geoscience Unit, Council for Geoscience, South
Africa
Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau (CECB), Sri Lanka
National Building Research Organization, Sri Lanka
National Taiwan University, Department of Civil Engineering,
Chinese Taipei
Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Thailand
Institute of Transport Science and Technology, Viet Nam
C.
Other organizations
University of Vienna, Austria
Institute of Applied Geology, BOKU University, Austria
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria
Austrian Service in Torrent and Avalanche Control, Austria
University of Liege, Belgium
University of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
University of Campinas, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro Geological Survey, Brazil
Public Works Department, Brunei
SNC-Lavalin, Canada
University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
Centre for Natural Hazards Research, Simon Fraser University,
Canada
University of Waterloo, Canada
Anhui University of Science and Technology, People’s Republic
of China
Beijing Jiaotong University, People’s Republic of China
Beijing University of Technology, People’s Republic of China
CCCC Highway Planning and Design Institute co., LTD, People’s
Republic of China
Center for Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, CGS,
People’s Republic of China
Chang’an University, People’s Republic of China
Chengdu Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic
of China
Chengdu Istitue of Geology and Mineral Resources, People’s
Republic of China
Chengdu University of Technology, People’s Republic of China
China Aero Geophysical Survey & Remote Sensing Centre
for Land & Resources, People’s Republic of China
China Earthquake Networks Center, People’s Republic of China
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research,
People’s Republic of China
China Ordnance Industry Survey and Geotechnical Institute,
People’s Republic of China
China Three Gorges University, People’s Republic of China
China University of Geosciences, People’s Republic of China
China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing, People’s
Republic of China
Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Chongqing Exploration & Design Institute of Geological
Hazard Control Engineering, People’s Republic of China
Chongqing Geological Survey, People’s Republic of China
Chongqing Survey & Design Institute of Geological Hazard
Control Engineering, People’s Republic of China
Chongqing Yangtze River Engineering Survey and Design
Institute, People’s Republic of China
Dalian University of Technology, People’s Republic of China
Fugro Geotechnical Services Ltd., People’s Republic of China
Gansu Construction Vocational Technical College, People’s
Republic of China
Gansu Geological Environmental Monitoring Institute, People’s
Republic of China
Geological Environment Monitoring Station of Chongqing,
People’s Republic of China
Geological Environmental Monitoring Institute in Gansu
Province, People’s Republic of China
Geological Hazards Institute, Gansu, Academy of Science,
People’s Republic of China
Geological Hazards Prevention Institute, Gansu Academy of
Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Geology Survey Center of Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic
of China
Institute of Exploration Technology, CAGS, People’s Republic
of China
Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources
Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic
of China
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academic of
Science, People’s Republic of China
Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration, People’s
Republic of China
Institute of Geomechanics, CAGS, People’s Republic of China
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s
Republic of China
JiangXi Province ShangRao City Land Resources Bureau,
People’s Republic of China
Jundun System Science and Technology CO. LTD, People’s
Republic of China
Lanzhou University, People’s Republic of China
Logistical Engineering University, People’s Republic of China
Nanjiang Hydrogeological & Engineering Geology Brigade,
People’s Republic of China
Nanjing Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic
of China
Nanjing University, People’s Republic of China
Ocean University of China, People’s Republic of China
School of Geology Engineering and Geomatics, People’s Republic
of China
Shandong University, People’s Republic of China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People’s Republic of China
Shanxi geological environment monitoring center, People’s
Republic of China
Sichuan Geological Survey 909 Geological Brigade, People’s
Republic of China
Southwest Jiaotong University, People’s Republic of China
Southwest Petroleum University, People’s Republic of China
Southwest University of Science and Technology, People’s
Republic of China
Springer Beijing, People’s Republic of China
State Chengdu University of Technology, People’s Republic
of China
The China Meteorological Administration Public Meteorological
Service Center, People’s Republic of China
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, People’s Republic of China
The Institute of Crustal Dynamics, People’s Republic of China
The Nuclear Industry Geological Survey 282 Geological Brigade,
People’s Republic of China
The Three Gorges Hazard Prevention Office, People’s Republic
of China
The University of Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
The Yangtze River Water Resources Commission Yangtze
River Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China
Tian Jin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, People’s
Republic of China
Tongji University, People’s Republic of China
Wuhan Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic
of China
Xi’an Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic
of China
Xi’an Jiaotong University, Department of Civil Engineering,
Xi'an, People’s Republic of China
Xi'an Center of Geological Survey, CGS, People’s Republic
of China
Yunnan Institute of Geological Environmental Monitoring, People’s Republic of China
National Central University, Chinese Taipei
University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Institute of Information Theory and Automation, Czech Republic
ARCADIS Geotechnika a.s, Czech Republic
Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
University of Bremen, Germany
University of Vechta, ISPA, Germany
German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam,
Germany
University of Thessaly, Greece
JICA Honduras Office, Honduras
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Mizoram University, Pachhunga University College, India
National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, H.P., India
CMCC Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui cambiamenti climatici, Italy
CNR-IRPI, National Research Council, Italy
Comuhedi Amcoma, Italy
Department of Earth and Environment Sciences, University
of Pavia, Italy
DIFA, University of Bologna, Italy
Institute for the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage
(ICVBC), National Research Council (CNR), Italy
Maccaferri, Italy
National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics
(OGS), Italy
Seconda Università di Napoli, Italy
University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
Advantecnology Co., Ltd, Japan
Asia Air Survey Co., Ltd., Japan
Asian Institute of Space Information, Japan
Ehime University, Japan
Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
Gunma University, Japan
Hirosaki University, Japan
International Consortium on Landslides, Japan
Japan Water Agency, Japan
Kochi University, Japan
Kyoto University, Japan
National Research Institute of Fire and Disaster, Japan
Niigata University, Japan
Nippon KOEI CO., LTD., Japan
Shimane University, Japan
Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan
Dept. of Ocean Engineering, Pukyong National University,
Korea
Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea
Institute of Construction Technolgy, Korea
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST), Korea
Pukyong National University, Korea
Sejong University, Korea
Seoul National University, Korea
University of Seoul, Korea
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Acknowledgments
ICL gratefully acknowledges strong supports from all participants, their organizations, and the host organization, Ministry of Land and Resources, China. With supports from ICL
supporting organizations (UNESCO, WMO, FAO, UNISDR,
UNU, ICSU, WFEO, and IUGS), voluntary efforts by ICL
member organizations and worldwide cooperators, ICL has
developed, since its foundation in 2002, for research, capacity development and the edition of the journal Landslides.
The success of the Third World Landslide Forum and corresponding publications is owed to those long-standing efforts.
The authors on behalf of the International Consortium on
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MySTAR, Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Practical Action, Nepal
GNS Science, New Zealand
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Geological Survey of Norway, Norway
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Norway
Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE),
Norway
Institute of Opencast Mining “Poltegor-Institute,” Ministry of
the Environment, Poland
Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute,
Poland
Chuvash State University, Russia
Earth Cryosphere Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian
Branch, Russia
Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, SB RAS, Russia
Kuban State University, Russia
Tyumen State Oil and Gas University, Russia
King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
State Geological Institute of D. Stúr, Slovakia
De Laih South Africa (Pty) Ltd, South Africa
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Stockholm University, Sweden
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich,
Switzerland
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Switzerland
GEOTEST AG, Switzerland
Suranaree University of Technology, Thailand
Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey
Tuzunw Yil University, Turkey
Hacettepe University, Turkey
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL), UK
British Geological Survey, UK
University of Bath, UK
University of Southampton, UK
California State University, Fullerton, USA
U.S. Geological Survey, USA
Visual Slope, LLC, USA
Landslides would extend their gratitude to those organizations and individuals.
Reference
Sassa K, Canuti P, Margottini C, Yin Y (2012) The Second World Landslide Forum, Rome,
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International Consortium on Landslides,
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