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16 August 2012
Global patterns of loss of life from landslides – my new paper in the journal Geology
My paper on landslide impacts on human life worldwide has just been published in Nature. This post briefly review the results.
4 June 2012
Landslides and Engineered Slopes: Protecting Society Through Improved Understanding
This is the powerpoint presentation of my opening keynote address at the 11th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes
3 April 2012
The need for investment in large-scale natural hazards research programmes
Today a decision will be made on the $2 billion square kilometre array; we should aim for a similar level of investment in natural hazards
19 March 2012
Landslides and constrictions – a request for help (and, incidentally, an amazing benefit of geoblogging)
A request for help to find examples of landslides that pass through constrictions
12 March 2012
Please contribute to this debris flow research project
A request for help to create a global debris flow database
21 September 2010
Gifts and Perils of Landslides
Ken Hewitt has written a wonderful article for Scientific American entitled “Gifts and Perils of Landslides”, in which he examines the inter-relationship between the development of society and the occurrence of landslides in the Upper Indus valleys. Ken is the guru of high mountain landslides in Pakistan, having spent many field seasons mapping rock avalanche deposits in the remote upper valleys of the Hindu Kush. The article is available online …
28 November 2009
The link between rainfall intensity and global temperature
The aftermath of a landslide in Taiwan caused by very heavy rainfall One of the most interesting aspects of the global landslide database that we maintain at Durham is the way in which it has highlighted the importance of rainfall intensity in the triggering of fatal landslides. Generally speaking, to kill people a landslide needs to move quickly rapid, and rapid landslides appear to be primarily (but note not always) …
3 November 2009
The Willis Research Network – the world’s most important hazard and risk collaboration?
Willis is a large insurance and reinsurance broker based in London. A key part of their primary business lies in arranging insurance for catastrophe risk – i.e. losses from mega-events such as an earthquake in Tokyo or San Francisco, a storm surge flood in London or a volcanic eruption near to Mexico City. Calculating the risks associated with these events is a challenging task, but of course the stakes are …
The Willis Research Network – the world's most important hazard and risk collaboration?
Willis is a large insurance and reinsurance broker based in London. A key part of their primary business lies in arranging insurance for catastrophe risk – i.e. losses from mega-events such as an earthquake in Tokyo or San Francisco, a storm surge flood in London or a volcanic eruption near to Mexico City. Calculating the risks associated with these events is a challenging task, but of course the stakes are …
3 September 2009
On the dangers of Rhododendrons!
Rhododendrons are one of those plants that, when planted well, can create an amazing garden: (from: http://www.kelleriisgaarden.dk/rhododendron-eng.html) However, it might surprise you to hear that they can be a major cause of landslides. As the image below shows, rhododendrons are increasingly grown on the mountain slopes of the Appalachians: (from: http://toursinthesmokymountains.com/SmokyMountainsInDepth.aspx) As well as creating a somewhat beautiful landscape, rhododendrons have been grown in the Appalachians as a result of …
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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