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.
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)
- 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 – 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) 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,鈥疞iang 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.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) Large-scale flood risk assessment under different development strategies: the Luanhe River Basin in China.鈥�Sustainability Science, DOI: 10.1007/s11625-021-01034-6.
- Chen H, Zhao J,鈥疞iang 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.鈥�Science of the Total Environment, 806(3): 151289.
- Su X, Xia X,鈥疞iang Q, Hou J (2022) A coupled discrete element and depth-averaged model for dynamic simulation of flow-like landslides.鈥�Computers and Geotechnics, 141: 104537.
- Xing Y, Shao D,鈥疞iang 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.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) Ongoing Drainage Reorganization Driven by Rapid Lake Growths on the Tibetan Plateau. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(24): e2021GL095795
- Nian T, Li D,鈥疞iang Q, Wu H, Guo X (2021) Multi-phase flow simulation of landslide dam formation process based on extended coupled DEM-CFD method.鈥�Computers and Geotechnics, 140: 104438.
- Zhao W, Xia X, Su X,鈥疞iang 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.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) A deep learning technique-based automatic monitoring method for experimental urban road inundation.鈥�Journal of Hydroinformatics, 23(4): 764-781.
- Wang G,鈥疞iang Q, Shi F, Zheng J (2021) Analytical and numerical investigation of trapped ocean waves along a submerged ridge.鈥�Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 915: A54.
- Jiang J,鈥疞iang Q, Xia X, Hou J (2021) A coupled hydrodynamic and particle-tracking model for full-process simulation of nonpoint source pollutants.鈥�Environmental Modelling & Software,鈥�136: 104951.
- Qin H, Liang Q, Chen H, De Silva V (2024). A high鈥恜erformance Coupled Human And Natural Systems (CHANS) model for flood risk assessment and reduction. Water Resources Research, 60(7), e2023WR036269.
- Zhou Y, Wu Z, Liang Q, Xu H, Wang H, Xue W (2024). Threshold and real-time initiation mechanism of urban flood emergency response under combined disaster scenarios. Sustainable Cities and Society, 108, 105512.
- Hill B, Chen H, Liang Q, Bosher L, Vann J (2024). Monitoring solutions for remote locations: A data gathering approach for remote nature-based solution sites. Nature-Based Solutions, 5, 100120.
- Cao L, Liu S, Zeng J, Qin S, Zhang Z, Wang G, Zheng J, Liang Q, Tao A (2024). Long-Term Trends of Extreme Waves Based on Observations from Five Stations in China. 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). Coupling Downscaling and Calibrating Methods for Generating High-Quality Precipitation Data with Multisource Satellite Data in the Yellow River Basin. Remote Sensing, 16(8), 1318.
- Wang H, Wang G, Fu R, Zheng J, Wang P, Yu F, Liang Q (2024). Graphics processing unit (GPU)-enhanced nonhydrostatic model with grid nesting for global tsunami propagation and coastal inundation. Physics of Fluids, 36(4).
- Wang W, Du Q, Yang H, Jin P, Wang F, Liang Q (2024). Drought patterns and multiple teleconnection factors driving forces in China during 1960–2018. Journal of Hydrology, 631, 130821.
- Hergibo P, Liang Q, Phillips TN, Xie Z (2024). A quadtree-based adaptive moment-of-fluid method for interface reconstruction with filaments. Journal of Computational Physics, 499, 112719.