Building resilience to landslides in mountain communities

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Seminar to the Durham University Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience in October 2011

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Building resilience to landslides in mountain communities: 

Building resilience to landslides in mountain communities Dave Petley Wilson Professor of Hazard and Risk Director, Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/

Schedule: 

Schedule Introduction – why landslides matter The imbalanced geographic distribution of landslides worldwide – the burden carried by developing countries The developing country landslide knowledge-deficit Ways to manage and mitigate landslide impacts The Hong Kong experience Ways forward for developing countries

Videos: 

Videos

Global landslide distribution 2004 - 2010: 

Global landslide distribution 2004 - 2010

East Asia: 

East Asia

South Asia: 

South Asia

SE. Asia: 

SE. Asia

Central America and Caribbean: 

Central America and Caribbean

Landslide occurrence through time: 

Landslide occurrence through time

Developing country burden - Nepal: 

Developing country burden - Nepal

Nepal temporal trend: 

Nepal temporal trend

The landslide research / knowledge deficit: 

The landslide research / knowledge deficit

Fatalities plotted against the number of papers in Landslides: 

Fatalities plotted against the number of papers in Landslides

Managing landslides – reducing the toll: 

Managing landslides – reducing the toll

Dimensions of reducing landslide losses: 

Dimensions of reducing landslide losses There is no magic bullet to reducing landslide losses Multiple approaches These can be mapped in three main classes

Axis 1: Prevention vs adaptation: 

Axis 1: Prevention vs adaptation

e.g. Devil’s slide, California: 

e.g. Devil’s slide, California

Axis 2: Local vs regional: 

Axis 2: Local vs regional

Axis 3: Hazard vs vulnerablity: 

Axis 3: Hazard vs vulnerablity

Landslide resilience in three dimensions: 

Landslide resilience in three dimensions

Slide 24: 

Hong Kong (Malone 2005)

Hong Kong (Malone 2005): 

Hong Kong (Malone 2005)

Hong Kong (Malone 2005): 

Hong Kong (Malone 2005)

Resilience in Hong Kong: 

Resilience in Hong Kong

Resilience in Nepal: 

Resilience in Nepal

Effective landslide management / resilience development: 

Effective landslide management / resilience development Ideal is to fill the whole space

Reality is to identify most effective approaches: 

Reality is to identify most effective approaches

Conclusions: 

Conclusions