Impacts of landslides on society

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This is a paper that I gave at AGU in 2009 looking at the impacts of landslides on global society

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Quantifying the impacts of landslides on society : 

Quantifying the impacts of landslides on society David Petley, Nicholas Rosser, Rob Parker International Landslide Centre Durham University http:daveslandslideblog.blogspot.com

CRED data for landslide fatalities : 

CRED data for landslide fatalities 6587

Background and methodology : 

Background and methodology – NB first order estimation of impacts Probably under-estimates

Cumulative number of fatalities since September 2002 : 

Cumulative number of fatalities since September 2002 Kashmir earthquake-induced landslides Wenchuan earthquake-induced landslides Other disasters 2002-2009 (CRED database) Earthquake: 429,877 Flood: 37,860 Storm: 166,410 Volcano: 221

Fatal non-seismic landslides: 2006 to 2008 : 

Fatal non-seismic landslides: 2006 to 2008

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Relative relief x annual precipitation

Substantially differs from World Bank model : 

Substantially differs from World Bank model Nadim et al. (2006)

Effect of latitude (2007 data) : 

Effect of latitude (2007 data) Number of fatal landslides

Average number of fatal landslides by five day bins2002-2009 : 

Average number of fatal landslides by five day bins2002-2009

Occurrence of fatal landslides through the yearSmoothed with 25 day filter : 

Occurrence of fatal landslides through the yearSmoothed with 25 day filter

Occurrence of fatal landslides through the yearSmoothed with 25 day filter : 

Occurrence of fatal landslides through the yearSmoothed with 25 day filter 25th July 15th April 15th Dec

Cumulative number of fatal landslides : 

Cumulative number of fatal landslides

Annual PDFs : 

Annual PDFs

Conclusions : 

Conclusions