Mountain roads in Nepal
1 April 2019 07:00 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
A commentary just published in NHESS (Sudmeier-Rieux et al. 2019) argues for the need for better governance of mountain road building in Nepal
1 April 2019 07:00 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
A commentary just published in NHESS (Sudmeier-Rieux et al. 2019) argues for the need for better governance of mountain road building in Nepal
9 January 2017 07:08 in landslide report by Dave Petley
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
22 December 2015 08:41 in landslide report by Dave Petley
It is now clear that the Guangdong landslide was a flowslide from a huge pile of construction waste in a quarry about the industrial park.
19 February 2015 08:15 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A video on Youtube shows a road collapse event that destroyed a truck at Paglajhora in Darjeeling. The landslide was a part of a much larger and very active slope failure that seems to have been initiated and exacerbated by poor slope management practices
1 February 2013 09:48 in Development by Dave Petley
Landslides are a major problem along roads in high mountain areas. This is illustrated using an example from rural Nepal, in which the construction of a rural road has induced multiple landslides, threatening the local communities.
18 December 2010 19:01 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Whilst it has dropped from the news during the winter period, the Attabad landslide crisis in Pakistan rumbles on, with dire consequences for the population on the north side of the barrier. In the next few days the high passes into China will close again, rendering the population of Gojal isolated once again. The Pamir Times featured an article a few days ago highlighting how tough conditions are once again: …
6 March 2017 07:51 in landslide report by Dave Petley
At Righa in Baglung District in Nepal, a valley-blocking landslide over the weekend was apparently triggered by road construction for a hydropower project
7 June 2022 07:20 in landslide video by Dave Petley
A Youtube video from Thai Nguyen in Vietnam dramatically illustrates the destructive power of rockfalls on roads
7 April 2022 07:55 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
In a paper just published in the journal Landslides (Garcia-Delgado, Petley et al. 2022), we have examined the history of fatal landslides in Colombia. The results are quite surprising.
15 April 2021 08:47 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A new paper in the journal Earth System Dynamics suggests that future warming will drive an increase in rainfall in the Indian monsoon. This is likely to increase landslide impacts in the most seriously affected landslide region.
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