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In 2008, Japan has celebrated the 50 years anniversary of the legal establishment of the .“Landslide Prevention Law.”. This law, which supplies a specific legal basis for whole public works for landslide prevention and control, was enacted in 1958. Nowadays various techniques are available for comprehensive control of landslide disasters, including investigation and analysis methods, planning and design of control measures, as well as maintenance and administration of installed structures.
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Marui, H. (2012). Control of Landslides in Mountain Watersheds, Japan. In: Krecek, J., Haigh, M.J., Hofer, T., Kubin, E. (eds) Management of Mountain Watersheds. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2476-1_19
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