The 4th World Landslide Forum: Landslide Research and Risk Reduction for Advancing the Culture of Living with Natural Hazards
Authors:Alcantara-Ayala, IrasemaSassa, KyojiMikos, MatjazHan, QuinliRhyner, JakobTakara, KaoruNishikawa, SatoruRouhban, BadaouiBriceno, Salvano
Source:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK SCIENCE
Volume:8
Published:2017
Document Type:Editorial Material
Abstract:The World Landslide Forum is a triennial mainstream conference that gathers together the scientific and technological community, policymakers, industry actors, public officials, and other stakeholders, who deal with the understanding and management of landslide disaster risk. The establishment of the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 for Global Promotion of Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk in Sendai during the 2015 World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) enabled the landslide science and technology community support the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 in order to prevent new and reduce existing disaster risk. The 4th World Landslide Forum (WLF4) was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 29 May to 2 June 2017 and discussed the progress of landslide research and risk reduction for advancing the culture of living with natural hazards. A high-level panel composed of United Nations officials, international stakeholders, and national organizations sought to identify the best mechanisms to be developed by the community of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The objective was to advance the implementation of the ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships, to achieve a better commitment among partners, and to provide substantive services to developing countries. During the WLF4, the 2017 Ljubljana Declaration on Landslide Risk Reduction was adopted and the concept framework of the Kyoto 2020 Commitment was endorsed.
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Reprint Address:Alcantara-Ayala, I (corresponding author), Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico UNAM, Inst Geog, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico.
Addresses:[Alcantara-Ayala, Irasema] Natl Autonomous Univ Mexico UNAM, Inst Geog, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico. [Sassa, Kyoji] Kyoto Univ, Int Consortium Landslides, Kyoto 6110011, Japan. [Mikos, Matjaz] Univ Ljubljana, Fac Civil & Geodet Engn, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia. [Han, Quinli] IPL Global Promot Comm, Int Consortium Landslides, Kyoto 6110011, Japan. [Han, Quinli] UNESCO, Div Ecol & Earth Sci, F-75352 Paris, France. [Rhyner, Jakob] United Nations Univ, D-53113 Bonn, Germany. [Rhyner, Jakob] United Nations Univ, Inst Environm & Human Secur UNU EHS, D-53113 Bonn, Germany. [Takara, Kaoru] Kyoto Univ, DPRI, Kyoto 6110011, Japan. [Nishikawa, Satoru] Japan Ctr Area Dev Res, Tokyo 1050001, Japan. [Rouhban, Badaoui] Int Programme Landslides, Kyoto 6110011, Japan. [Briceno, Salvano] IRDR, Sci Comm, F-01220 Divonne Les Bains, France.
E-mail Addresses:irasema@igg.unam.mx