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24 April 2009
EGU presentation on landslide fatalities in 2008
I thought that it would be helpful to make available my Powerpoint file for the presentation that I am giving on the occurrence of landslide fatalities in 2008. This presentation details the fatalities that I recorded on the database over the course of the year, providing maps and tables of some of the data. I hope that you will find it useful. The file should be visible below: http://www.authorstream.com/player/player.swf?p=179794_633761376305452631Uploaded on …
27 March 2009
A Powerpoint presentation on earthquake-induced landslides
On Monday I gave a presentation to staff and students at the State Key Laboratory for Geohazards at Chengdu University of Technology – the topic was the lessons that can be learnt about earthquake-induced landslides from the Taiwan (1999) and Kashmir (2005) earthquakes. This is the presentation: http://www.authorstream.com/player/player.swf?p=167992_633737258388926500Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Dr_Dave I ask only that you acknowledge me in any use that you might make of it.
16 November 2008
Taipei workshop presentation
On 15th November I attended a workshop on land degradation and monitoring at the Department of Geography at National Taiwan University. This was to mark both the launch of a new Land Monitoring Centre and to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the university. Below is the presentation that I gave at that meeting: http://www.authorstream.com/player.swf?p=108323_633623719125496250Uploaded on authorSTREAM by Dr_Dave As usual you can download the slide show by …
12 November 2008
Sendai presentations
The following are my presentations from the World Landslide Forum Satellite Conference in Japan on 11th and 12th November 2008. In each case, you should be able to download the Powerpoint show from the link below the file. I am more than happy to send copies of the papers to anyone who might like them, and will post them online next week. I also welcome any comments that you might …
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 …
7 October 2008
Hull Geographical Association talk
On 7th August I gave a talk to the Geographical Association in Hull. The box below is the Powerpoint file. It can be downloaded by clicking on the link marke “Dr_Dave” below the file. If you cannot see it here then you can download it here. The talk is loosely based on my presentations in New Zealand, but it has been updated somewhat.http://www.authorstream.com/player.swf?p=Dr_Dave-93386-hull-08-10-ga-talk-comp-science-technology-ppt-powerpointUploaded on authorSTREAM by Dr_Dave
25 August 2008
Presentation from New Zealand
This week I am giving three presentations in New Zealand – first in Christchurch today, then Wellington tomorrow and Auckland on Thursday. The title of the presentation is Earthquake Induced Landslides – Lessons from Taiwan and Pakistan. The talk is to the various branches of the New Zealand Geotechnical Society and the New Zealand Society of Earthquake Engineering. I have uploaded the presentation to authorstream so that it can be …
3 July 2008
Xian paper on landslide prediction and the Saito effect
Tomorrow (Friday) I am due to present a paper at the 10th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes. The paper title is: “Temporal prediction in landslides – understanding the Saito effect”. The power point file is below (there appears to be a fault on slideshare that is preventing this from being visible on blogger. If it is not visible below, you can get it from here): http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=0806-xian-saito-talk-2003v-1215095797361691-9 | View …
1 July 2008
Xian Round Table Powerpoint file
Today I participated in a round table discussion at the 10th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes. The topic of the discussion was: “Strength criteria and design approaches for difficult soils and rocks”. Each of the four panelists was asked to talk for 10-12 minutes before the panel discussion started. I was asked to talk about “Slow Moving Rockslides”. So, below is my deliberately somewhat provocative presentation. (there appears …
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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