Research

Focussing on multiple hydro-geohazards and their attendant cascading hazard chains (e.g. floods, landslides, erosion, debris flows), we take an interdisciplinary, coupled human and natural systems (CHANS) approach to co-develop new methodologies and tools 鈥� using the latest informatics technologies and social science knowledge, coupled with indigenous knowledge 鈥� to analyse the increasingly complex human-landscape interactions, and the natural and human drivers of multi-hazards, to quantify and manage their systemic risks.

ariel view of landscape with a blue overlay showing flood risk
High-Performance Methods for Multi-hazard Modelling
a landscape split into three layers
Remote Sensing and GIS for Natural Hazards Assessment
AI / Machine Learning Techniques for Flood Risk Prediction
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Digital Technologies for Natural Flood Management

Projects

Ongoing

  • Risk evaluation of glacier debris flows under climate change in south eastern Tibet, Royal Society (04/2024 – 03/2026)
  • Standardising High-Performance Integrated hydrodynamic Modelling System (HiPIMS) for flood modelling and RIsk managemenT (SPIRIT), EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account funded project (01/2024 – 12/2024) 
  • : EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Water and Waste Infrastructure Systems Engineered for Resilience, EPSRC (EP/S022066/1; 06/2019 – 11/2027)
  • GCRF , UKRI GCRF Collective Programme (NE/S008926/1; 02/2019 – 10/2024)

Recently completed

  • PYRAMID: Platform for dYnamic, hyper-resolution, near-real time flood Risk AssessMent Integrating repurposed and novel Data sources, NERC (NE/V003321/1; 08/2020 – 08/2023) 
  • Beyond the Networked City: Building Innovative Delivery Systems for Water, Sanitation and Energy in Urban Africa, EPSRC-GCRF (ES/T007656/1; 04/2020 – 03/2023)
  • FLASH: Fit-for-purpose high-resoLution risk Assessment and forecasting System for rainfall-induced Hazards in Bhutan, NERC (2021COPA&R46Chen; 10/2021 – 03/2022)
  • Valuing the benefits of blue/green infrastructure for flood resilience, natural capital and urban development in Viet Nam (ValBGI), NERC-Newton Fund Understanding of the Impacts of Hydrometeorological Hazards in South East Asia programme (NE/S00288X/1; 01/2019 – 03/2022)
  • WeACT: Web-Based Natural Dam-Burst Flood Hazard Assessment and ForeCasting SysTem, NERC SHEAR programme (NE/S005919/1; 09/2018 – 03/2022)
  • Gender Responsive Resilience and Intersectionality in Policy and Practice (GRRIPP) - Networking Plus Partnering for Resilience, ESRC (ES/T002700/1; 11/2019 – 04/2024)

Recent publications

  • Xia X, Jarsve KT, Dijkstra T, Liang Q, Meng X, Chen G (2023) . Engineering Geology, 326, 107310. 
  • Wang H, Wang G, Zheng J, Liang Q, Tao A (2023) . Physics of Fluids, 35(7): 1070-6631. 
  • Tong X, Lai X, Liang Q (2023) . Journal of Hydrology, 621, 129588, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129588,
  • Hill B, Liang Q, Bosher L, Chen H, Nicholson A (2023). . Journal of Flood Risk Management, e12899, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12899
  • Xiong Y, Liang Q, Zheng J, Stolle J, Nistor I, Wang G (2022). Ocean Engineering, 255, 111468, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.111468
  • Zhou X, Moinuddin M, Renaud FG, Barrett B, Xu J,鈥疞iang Q, Zhao J, Xia X, Bosher L, Huang S, Hoey T (2022) .鈥�Sustainability Science, 17(4): 1405-1433, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01065-z
  • Zhao J, Chen H,鈥疞iang Q, Xia X, Xu J, Hoey T, Barrett B, Renaud FG, Bosher L, Zhou X (2022) .鈥�Sustainability Science, DOI: 10.1007/s11625-021-01034-6.
  • Chen H, Zhao J,鈥疞iang Q, Maharjan SB, Joshi SP (2022) .鈥�Science of the Total Environment, 806(3): 151289.
  • Su X, Xia X,鈥疞iang Q, Hou J (2022) .鈥�Computers and Geotechnics, 141: 104537.
  • Xing Y, Shao D,鈥疞iang Q, Chen H, Ma X, Ullah I (2021) .鈥�Journal of Hydrology, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127365
  • Liu K, Ke L, Wang J, Jiang L, Richards KS, Sheng Y, Zhu Y, Fan C, Zhan P, Luo S, Cheng J, Chen T, Ma R,鈥疞iang Q, Madson A, Song C (2021) . Geophysical Research Letters, 48(24): e2021GL095795
  • Nian T, Li D,鈥疞iang Q, Wu H, Guo X (2021) .鈥�Computers and Geotechnics, 140: 104438.
  • Zhao W, Xia X, Su X,鈥疞iang Q, Liu X, Ju N (2021) .鈥�Landslides, 18: 3213-3226.
  • Han H, Hou J, Bai G, Li B, Wang T, Li X, Gong J, Gao X, Su F, Wang Z,鈥疞iang Q鈥�(2021) .鈥�Journal of Hydroinformatics, 23(4): 764-781.
  • Wang G,鈥疞iang Q, Shi F, Zheng J (2021) .鈥�Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915: A54.
  • Jiang J,鈥疞iang Q, Xia X, Hou J (2021) .鈥�Environmental Modelling & Software,鈥�136: 104951.
  • Qin H, Liang Q, Chen H, De Silva V (2024). . Water Resources Research, 60(7), e2023WR036269.
  • Zhou Y, Wu Z, Liang Q, Xu H, Wang H, Xue W (2024). . Sustainable Cities and Society, 108, 105512.
  • Hill B, Chen H, Liang Q, Bosher L, Vann J (2024). . Nature-Based Solutions, 5, 100120.
  • Cao L, Liu S, Zeng J, Qin S, Zhang Z, Wang G, Zheng J, Liang Q, Tao A (2024). . Journal of Marine Science and Application, 1-13.
  • Yang H, Cui X, Cai Y, Wu Z, Gao S, Yu B, Wang Y, Li K, Duan Z, Liang Q (2024). . Remote Sensing, 16(8), 1318.
  • Wang H, Wang G, Fu R, Zheng J, Wang P, Yu F, Liang Q (2024). . Physics of Fluids, 36(4).
  • Wang W, Du Q, Yang H, Jin P, Wang F, Liang Q (2024). . Journal of Hydrology, 631, 130821.
  • Hergibo P, Liang Q, Phillips TN, Xie Z (2024). . Journal of Computational Physics, 499, 112719.