19 March 2021 09:35 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In Tblisi, Georgia, a 500,000 cubic metre landslide has developed on the edge of the metropolitan area, probably triggered by construction of a road
Tags: Europe, featured, Georgia, landslide report
9 April 2019 10:31 in Development by Dave Petley
A consortium has produced a very useful guide to the design and construction of eco-safe rural roads in high mountain areas
Tags: construction, engineering, featured, mountain, road
29 March 2017 07:26 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
Gareth Hearn has written a very nice paper in QJEGH that considers landslide problems on Nepal rural roads, highlighting the need for better route selection and design
Tags: featured, highway, nepal, road, South Asia
18 January 2022 08:11 in Review of a paper by Dave Petley
Arhavi, Turkey: a new paper in the Journal Natural Hazards (Tanyaş et al. 2022) shows that landslide impacts of new roads can be comparable to that of a medium sized earthquake
Tags: Asia, featured, research, review of a paper, road, road construction, Turkey
18 November 2021 09:21 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
An Indian government official claimed yesterday that the Char Dham highway project in India is not responsible for causing landslides. This is demonstrably incorrect.
Tags: featured, highway, India, landslide report, South Asia, Uttarakhand
4 March 2021 08:42 in landslide costs by Dave Petley
The Char Dham Project: landslides associated with a major road construction and widening programme in northern India
Tags: construction, featured, highway, India, iroad, South Asia
14 October 2020 06:56 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
A double tragedy: two landslides close to the construction site of the Rao Trang 3 hydroelectric plant in Vietnam
Tags: featured, hydroelectric, landslide report, SE. Asia, Vietnam
18 December 2019 07:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Late on Friday 13 December 2019 a large wedge failure developed on a cut rock slope on the E18 motorway at Larvik in Norway
Tags: Europe, featured, landslide report, Norway, road, rockslide, wedge
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
Tags: development, featured, nepal, road, road construction, South Asia
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
Tags: construction, featured, landslide report, nepal, South Asia
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