@article{P_2017, title={Social Geology and Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction in Sri Lanka}, volume={6}, url={https://journals.sjp.ac.lk/index.php/JTFE/article/view/2938}, DOI={10.31357/jtfe.v6i2.2938}, abstractNote={<p>Abstract<br />Landslide disaster risk reduction is presently a challenging task facing by Sri Lankan<br />geologists. Increasing trend of population growth in Sri Lanka has adversely affected the<br />stability of central highland due to various human activities. Among them establishment of<br />human settlements and change in land use pattern have become a serious issue in triggering<br />land instabilities in central highland of the country. National Building Research Oragnisation<br />which is the main focal point in land slide disaster risk reduction in Sri Lanka has taken<br />valuable and timely needed actions including preparation of landslide hazard zonation maps,<br />early warnings and mitigations. Though the landslide is a geological phenomenon, it is highly<br />interacted with human societies. Hence managing the issues arising with the landslide<br />occurrence should be addressed with a sociological approach. This new approach is known as<br />Socio Geological approach which is discussed here.</p><p><br />Key words: Landslide, Geology, Socio Geology, Social Geologist</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Tropical Forestry and Environment}, author={P, Jayasingha}, year={2017}, month={Mar.} }