{"id":6884,"date":"2013-09-16T16:34:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T16:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=6884"},"modified":"2013-09-16T16:34:09","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T16:34:09","slug":"fatal-landslides-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2013\/09\/16\/fatal-landslides-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal landslides in Asia &#8211; an updated map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regular readers will know that one of the activities that I undertake in my research is to map fatal landslides (i.e. landslides that kill people) across the world.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/09\/13\/ten-years-of-landslide-fatality-data\/\">I have posted on this topic before<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/09\/26\/download-a-free-copy-of-my-geology-paper-global-patterns-of-loss-of-life-from-landslides\/\">key paper that I wrote on this dataset Petley (2012) is available online<\/a> (and I have a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2012\/08\/16\/global-patterns-of-loss-of-life-from-landslides-my-new-paper-in-the-journal-geology\/\">commentary about this paper here<\/a>).\u00a0 Occasionally I get asked to produce maps of the data for various publications &#8211; I am more than willing to do this, but will post them online here so that everyone has access.\u00a0 I am happy for anyone to use these maps in a publication (and I can produce bespoke maps for you) so long as you reference them to this blog and cite the paper in the reference list below.\u00a0 So, recently I was asked to produce a map of landslides triggered by rainfall across South and Southeast Asia.\u00a0 Remember, this map only shows landslides that caused one or more deaths.\u00a0 Each dot is a single landslide; the dataset extends from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2011, and the background image is the etopo5 digital elevation model:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/09\/13_09-Asia-landslide-map-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6885\" alt=\"13_09 Asia landslide map 1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/files\/2013\/09\/13_09-Asia-landslide-map-1-e1379348319152.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>..<\/p>\n<p>As I have noted before, the landslides are focused strongly in particular areas, most notably along the southern edge of the Himalayan Arc in northern India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh; in China, in Taiwan, the Philippines and southern Japan; and in Indonesia..\u00a0 There are other, smaller hotspots, such as SE India.\u00a0 Asia remains the global epicentre of landslide activity; if we wish to reduce the losses then this is where the focus of our actions will need to be located.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know if you&#8217;d like a high-resolution version of this image, or if you&#8217;d like a map of a different region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Petley, D.N. (2012). Global patterns of loss of life from landslides, <em>Geology<\/em>, <strong>40<\/strong>, 927\u2013930<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The distribution of fatal landslides in Asia is very uneven.  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