Spatial and temporal trends in landslide occurrence in South
Asia Dave Petley Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Durham
University http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/
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CRED data for landslide fatalities 6587 Other disasters
2002-2009 (CRED database) Earthquake: 429,877 River flood: 37,860
Storm: 166,410 Volcano: 221
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Landslides from the Kashmir earthquake NB: Considerable
uncertainty Landslides from the Wenchuan earthquake The human cost
of landslides 81,833
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Global fatal rainfall-induced landslides 2006 to 2009
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Non-seismic landslide fatalities
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Global fatal rainfall-induced landslides 2006 to 2009
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Himalayan Arc
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Himalayan Arc 2004 to 2009
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Monthly occurrence of non-seismic fatal landslides (NFLs)
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Annual cycle in pentads (five day bins)
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Trend in occurrence?
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More detailed investigation: landslide occurrence in Nepal
