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16 November 2008
Article in the New Strait Times Malaysia
Shield your eyes from the photograph though… People pressure on land has a telling effect
3 November 2008
Malaysia talk
The following is my presentation at the International Symposium on Slopes in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is an invited paper on the topic of landslides in Asia in relation to climate change and other environmental pressures. I hope you find it of interest. The file should appear below: http://www.authorstream.com/player.swf?p=102769_633612995446250000Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Dr_Dave If you cannot see the file then click on the highlighted Dr_Dave link above. The full Powerpoint …
15 August 2008
The relationship between global fatal landslides and rainfall in July
I thought it might be interesting to compare the occurrence of fatal landslides in July 2007 in relation to the distribution of rainfall in that month. Let’s start off by looking at the July 2007 fatal landslide map (you will probably need to click on the map to get a decent view of it). As a comparison, below are the statistics for July 2007 and July 2008, followed by the …
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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