ABSTRACT
Armenian landslide project, financed by the PHRD grant from Japan and administered by the World Bank, was aimed to recognize and map landslide hazards to main Armenian transport communications, to provide know how transfer to local institutions and experts, to establish landslide data-base and identify pilot projects for practical demonstration of landslide investigation and stabilization. As borders between Armenia and Turkey, and Armenia and Azerbaijan are closed, the most of ground connection of Armenia with the outer world depends on single road connecting Armenia to Iran on the South and Georgia on the North. This important communication is often closed due to landslides triggered mostly by rains or earthquakes. Funds provided by PHRD grant from Japan were used to identify, and catalogue the landslide hazards along this road, and to prepare state of the art methodology compatible with local know-how and available technical resources that could be used during following stages of designing remedial works. Know how transfer was effectuated through seminars on slope stability evaluations and cooperation with local experts and pilot projects of selected landslides were prepared for future realization.
