Risk management concept is a good instrument for systematic approach to the problems of the rational land use. Measures for risk reduction could be legislative; organizational and administrative; economic, including insurance; engineering and technical; modelling; monitoring; and informative. Engineering and technical methods are very important for rational land use planning and landslide risk management and reduction. Monitoring system organization and construction are two of the most important methods for natural hazard forecasting, prognosis, and early warning. © 2020 North Caucasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, State Technological University. All rights reserved.