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Landslides are one of the most destructive natural disasters in Malaysia besides floods. The socio-economic losses due to landslides are significant and set to continue growing as population growth sees development expanding to encompass further potentially unstable hillside areas. These losses can be reduced by means of effective planning and management which involves legal, policy and institutional framework and guidelines of best practices for every stage of development. In this paper, existing laws, policies and guidelines applied since as early as 1960 to minimise losses due to landslides are discussed along with proposed best practices.
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The contents of this paper are a part of the National Slope Master Plan (PWD 2009) which was developed by the Slope Engineering Branch, PWD Malaysia.
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Pandi, A.R., Jamaludin, S. (2013). Minimising Losses Due to Landslides. In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31319-6_40
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