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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

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Conclusions