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 – using the latest informatics technologies and social science knowledge, coupled with indigenous knowledge – to analyse the increasingly complex human-landscape interactions, and the natural and human drivers of multi-hazards, to quantify and manage their systemic risks.
Projects
Ongoing
- 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)
- Gender Responsive Resilience and Intersectionality in Policy and Practice (GRRIPP) - Networking Plus Partnering for Resilience, ESRC (ES/T002700/1; 11/2019 – 04/2024)
- Water-WISER: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Water and Waste Infrastructure Systems Engineered for Resilience, EPSRC (EP/S022066/1; 06/2019 – 11/2027)
- GCRF Living Deltas Hub, UKRI GCRF Collective Programme (NE/S008926/1; 02/2019 – 05/2024)
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)
Recent publications
- Xia X, Jarsve KT, Dijkstra T, Liang Q, Meng X, Chen G (2023) An integrated hydrodynamic model for runoff-generated debris flows with novel formulation of bed erosion and deposition. Engineering Geology, 326, 107310.
- Wang H, Wang G, Zheng J, Liang Q, Tao A (2023) Advancements in nearshore wave modeling: A unified one-layer nonhydrostatic approach. Physics of Fluids, 35(7): 1070-6631.
- Tong X, Lai X, Liang Q (2023) An improved non-point source pollution model for catchment-scale hydrological processes and phosphorus loads. 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). A systematic review of natural flood management modelling: Approaches, limitations, and potential solutions. 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). A fully coupled hydrodynamic-DEM model for simulating debris dynamics and impact forces. Ocean Engineering, 255, 111468, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.111468
- Zhou X, Moinuddin M, Renaud FG, Barrett B, Xu J, Liang Q, Zhao J, Xia X, Bosher L, Huang S, Hoey T (2022) Development of an SDG interlinkages analysis model at the river basin scale: A case study in the Luanhe River Basin, China. Sustainability Science, 17(4): 1405-1433, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01065-z
- Zhao J, Chen H, Liang Q, Xia X, Xu J, Hoey T, Barrett B, Renaud FG, Bosher L, Zhou X (2022) Large-scale flood risk assessment under different development strategies: the Luanhe River Basin in China. Sustainability Science, DOI: 10.1007/s11625-021-01034-6.
- Chen H, Zhao J, Liang Q, Maharjan SB, Joshi SP (2022) Assessing the potential impact of glacial lake outburst floods on individual objects using a high-performance hydrodynamic model and open-source data. Science of the Total Environment, 806(3): 151289.
- Su X, Xia X, Liang Q, Hou J (2022) A coupled discrete element and depth-averaged model for dynamic simulation of flow-like landslides. Computers and Geotechnics, 141: 104537.
- Xing Y, Shao D, Liang Q, Chen H, Ma X, Ullah I (2021) Investigation of the drainage loss effects with a street view based drainage calculation method in hydrodynamic modelling of pluvial floods in urbanized area. 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, Liang Q, Madson A, Song C (2021) Ongoing Drainage Reorganization Driven by Rapid Lake Growths on the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(24): e2021GL095795
- Nian T, Li D, Liang Q, Wu H, Guo X (2021) Multi-phase flow simulation of landslide dam formation process based on extended coupled DEM-CFD method. Computers and Geotechnics, 140: 104438.
- Zhao W, Xia X, Su X, Liang Q, Liu X, Ju N (2021) Movement process analysis of the high-speed long-runout Shuicheng landslide over 3-D complex terrain using a depth-averaged numerical model. Landslides, 18: 3213-3226.
- Han H, Hou J, Bai G, Li B, Wang T, Li X, Gong J, Gao X, Su F, Wang Z, Liang Q (2021) A deep learning technique-based automatic monitoring method for experimental urban road inundation. Journal of Hydroinformatics, 23(4): 764-781.
- Wang G, Liang Q, Shi F, Zheng J (2021) Analytical and numerical investigation of trapped ocean waves along a submerged ridge. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915: A54.
- Jiang J, Liang Q, Xia X, Hou J (2021) A coupled hydrodynamic and particle-tracking model for full-process simulation of nonpoint source pollutants. Environmental Modelling & Software, 136: 104951.