ICL Open Access Book Series

Book Series of the International Consortium on Landslides

Progress-LRT was founded by the Launching Declaration of the ICL Open Access Book Series “Progress in Landslide Research and Technology” for the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 at the end of High- level panel discussion “Review of KLC2020 and the way forward” during the Fifth World Landslide Forum held at the National Kyoto Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan on 3 November 2021.

Progress in Landslide Research and Technology is the Open Access book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The series provides a common platform for the publication of recent progress in landslide research and technology for practical applications and the benefit for the society contributing to the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020, which is expected to continue up to 2030 and even beyond to globally promote the understanding and reduction of landslide disaster risk, as well as to address the 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals. The contributions include the following seven categories:

1. Original articles (minimum 8 pages): Original articles reporting progress of landslide research and technology.
2. Review articles (minimum 8 pages): Review of landslide research and technology in a thematic area of landslides. A review article integrating a series of research and technology of the author or its group.
3. IPL/WCoE/Kyoto Commitment activities (minimum 8 pages): Progress or achievements of the projects of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL) and the World Centres of Excellence on Landslide Risk Reduction (WCoEs), and Kyoto Landslide Commitment.
4. Teaching tools with online extras (minimum 8 pages): User-friendly teaching tools with extras (i.e., photos, illustration, videos, guidelines & manuals) online to fill the gap between the available level of science and technologies and the practical use in the society.
5. Technical note & Case studies (minimum 4 pages): Technical note and case studies on landslides and landslide disaster risk reduction practice.
6. World Landslide Reports (2-4 pages): Landslide reports from landslide-prone developing countries and urbanizing areas of the developed countries from around the world. No processing charge, but limited to approximately 10 reports per issue.
7. Introduction of KLC2020 Official Promoters (3-5 pages): KLC2020 Official Promoters are eligible for this category. The introduction of the official promoters is published throughout the year.

ICL-KLC Supplementary Award

Each ICL-KLC Award recipient is invited to contribute an Award memorial article to the ICL Open Access Book Series “Progress in Landslide Research and Technology” up to 20 pages for free BPC within 15 months of receiving the Award as the ICL-KLC Supplementary Award.