Comprehensive landslide risk management monitoring

Background and objective: Although the risk management and crisis management issues were discussed during recent years in scientific meetings, but still there is no proper planning to deal with natural disasters. The lack of systematic attitude to landslide phenomenon and also loss of predetermined plans for responsibility of the trusted organizations and lack of coordination between these organizations have made it difficult to achieve comprehensive management, which usually increases the consequences of natural disasters. Method: this revision study, based on the local and foreign scientific sources, as well as case studies on the various aspects of research in the subject of landslide phenomena in different parts of the world, presents the necessary considerations regarding comprehensive landslide risk management monitoring including decision making and activities to prevent, control and restoration in details. The comprehensive management can reduce the damages due to natural disasters significantly.  Findings: The management tool and management method should generally consider in comprehensive landslide risk management monitoring. The slope parameter monitoring, stabilization and control may consider as management tool to prevent new development, eliminate or transform current development in high risk areas, financial supports and encouragement and regulating new developments in risk areas considered as management method.    Conclusion: The studies show that in developed countries, in order to reduce the risk of landslide, preventive methods are more common than treatment methods and, consequently, the land use rules and guidelines and public education programs make the landslide risk management frameworks in these countries. But in developing countries such as Iran, therapeutic approaches are the basis of landslide risk management reduction program.