Adhikari, B.R.Menon, V.Kolathayar, S.2026-02-062022Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 2022, Vol.192, , p. 1-823662557https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6140-2_1https://idr.nitk.ac.in/handle/123456789/30060The understanding of the systemic risk posed by multi-hazard is becoming a new area of research and adopted by the different global and national frameworks. This chapter summarizes the contents of the book titled geohazard mitigations, which contains thirty-eight chapters. These chapters are divided into three sections namely: multi-hazard assessment, landslide hazard assessment and mitigation, and geotechnical engineering. This chapter also includes basic definitions and introduction to geohazard investigation and management. © 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.Disaster risk reductionGeohazardGeotechnical engineeringLandslideMulti-hazard