Landslide multi-hazard risk assessment, preparedness and early warning in South Asia: Integrating meteorology, landscape and society (LANDSLIP)

Reducing impacts of hydrologically related landslide multi-hazards and building resilience to landslides in vulnerable and hazard-prone areas of South Asia

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40.3km NH31A Darjeeling. Colossal damage due to landsliding at Rimbick in Darjeeling, Himalayas. Debris flow triggered due to heavy rainfall on 09 November 2009 in Ketty area, Ooty. The landslide has destroyed several houses. Petrol pump landslide Rishi Road near Kalimpong, Darjeeling. Tindharia landslide. Tindharia landslide. Tindharia landslide. Tindharia landslide. Toe erosion by torrent stream causing minor slide. The house is at risk. Colossal damage due to landsliding at Singhik in Darjeeling, Himalayas. 47.5km NH31A Darjeeling. Cut slope failure along the road section near Emeralad. Geomorphical section showing high peaks, rocky escarpments at the upslope side and colluvial foot slope at the lower reaches in Nilgiris. Subsidence failure in a tea estate. Series of palaeo slide scars near Thiashola Tea Estate. Geomorphological section showing the dissected hills with valley fill at the lower reaches in Nilgiris. Settlement build above and below the Natural slide near Selas.

Funders

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Co-led by

Bruce Malamud

Bruce D Malamud
Professor of Natural & Environmental Hazards
Department of Geography, King's College London

Emma Bee

Emma Bee
Senior Geospatial Analyst
British Geological Survey, NERC