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5 July 2022
The Tupul landslide: understanding the site
The Tupul landslide: archive Google Earth images provide interesting clues as to the causes of the tragedy that killed at least 47 people.
13 December 2021
The failure of retaining walls
An interesting video discusses modes of failure of retaining walls
4 March 2021
The Char Dham Project: landslides associated with road widening in northern India
The Char Dham Project: landslides associated with a major road construction and widening programme in northern India
29 July 2020
The Niushou landslide in Jiangsu Province, China
A new article in the journal Landslides (Li et al. 2020) describes the Niushou landslide in Jiangsu, China, which was triggered by construction works for a hotel complex.
6 May 2020
The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway:- India’s “killer highway”
The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, which links Jammu and Srinagar, is known as India’s “killer highway”. This road is one of the most landslide-prone routes on Earth.
12 September 2019
Landslides during the construction of the Morehall and Broomhead reservoirs in Sheffield
During construction of the Broomhead reservoir, near Sheffield, in the 1920s and 1930s, a large, deep-seated landslide caused major problems
3 September 2019
The tyranny of dozer road building
Two articles published in Nepali newspapers in the last few days have examined the disastrous impacts of dozer roads in mountain areas
9 April 2019
Eco-Safe Roads – resources to guide construction
A consortium has produced a very useful guide to the design and construction of eco-safe rural roads in high mountain areas
5 November 2017
George Town: another serious landslide in Penang
Overnight, heavy rainfall has triggered a major rotational landslide at a newly-constructed engineered slope in George Town, Penang in Malaysia
24 October 2017
The Tanjung Bungah landslide: a very challenging site
A drone image of the site of the Tanjung Bungah landslide taken in June 2017 suggests that it was a very challenging site for development
23 October 2017
Tanjung Bungah: a major construction site landslide in Malaysia that killed 11 people
On Saturday a major landslide on a large cut slope at a construction site in Tanjung Bungah in Penang, Malaysia killed eleven workers
13 April 2017
Shimla and Idaho: two new, and very different, landslide videos
Two new landslide videos have appeared on Youtube; one from Shimla showing a large slide triggered by construction, and the other on a highway in Idaho, USA
21 March 2017
Longdendale: dam building in an area of ancient landslides
The Longdendale dams in the Pennines of northern England were constructed in Victorian times in an area of large, ancient landslides. Unsurprisingly, considerable problems were encountered during construction.
9 January 2017
Naxal, Kathmandu: a landslide apparently caused by poor construction management
At 7 am yesterday a major collapse occurred on an important road in Naxal, Kathmandu, apparently triggered by poor construction techniques for a new hotel
