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2 October 2010
Beichuan town – the old and the new
On Wednesday I was fortunate to be able to return to Beichuan (see my images of the town, taken last year), the heart of the earthquake-affected areas in Sichuan. Well, to be more accurate I visited the viewpoint looking down on the town. It is clear that debris flows continue to be a major problem at this site: For those who don’t know the site I have annotated the image …
11 May 2009
The Wenchuan Earthquake – one year on
No words can do justice to the first anniversary of the Wenchuan (Sichuan) earthquake, so I won’t even try. Instead I post these pictures as a silent memorial to the victims.
26 March 2009
Tangjiashan – images of a potential disaster that was averted
This is the second of my series of photographic reviews of the earthquake affected area in Sichuan Province. The other sets are as follows:Part 1: Beichuan town Part 2 (this part): The Tangjiashan landslide Part 3: Hanwang town Part 4: The Mianyuanhe area Part 5: The Xingyiu area On Sunday I was lucky enough to be allowed to visit the landslide site at Tangjiashan, thanks again to my friends from …
25 March 2009
Beichuan – photos of the aftermath of a natural catastrophe
This is the first of my series of photographic reviews of the earthquake affected area in Sichuan Province. The other sets are as follows:Part 1 (this part): Beichuan town Part 2: The Tangjiashan landslide Part 3: Hanwang town Part 4: The Mianyuanhe area Part 5: The Xingyiu area Thanks to my friends in the State Key Laboratory for Geohazards at the Chengdu University of Technology I have spent the last …
Dave Petley is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His blog provides commentary and analysis of landslide events occurring worldwide, including the landslides themselves, latest research, and conferences and meetings.
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