A series of landslides and engineered slopes occurred in Malaysia in the 1990's till 2008 in which lives were lost. Of these the Hulu kelang landslide probably received the most publicity, but there were several others. Being an urban area and highly populated, the impacts of these tragedies are detrimental to humans and properties.
From literature, it is found that less action were taken by the respective authorities to learn from the mistakes. From the landslides investigations reports, it is shown that landslides were caused mainly by failures of the retaining wall and other combinations factor like lack of maintenance, monitoring, less coordination during construction stage and design problem.

The question is what will be effective measures in reducing landslides in hillside development in Malaysia. The discussion will be on landslides: the causal factors, the impacts, mitigation actions and architectural aspects to be considered in designing the site plan. This event is targeted to Professionals involved in the
constructions industries; especially architect must be more conscious and aware on the roles to apprehend good design practice for future hillside development and Risk Landslide Management

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