Coping with landslide risks in Hong Kong under extreme storms: Storm scenarios, cascading landslide hazards and multi-hazard risk assessment
Grant Data
Project Title
Coping with landslide risks in Hong Kong under extreme storms: Storm scenarios, cascading landslide hazards and multi-hazard risk assessment
Principal Investigator
Professor Jiao, Jimmy Jiu Jiu
(Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) (for projects led by other university))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Zhang Limin
(Project coordinator)
Duration
36
Start Date
2016-06-30
Completion Date
2019-06-29
Amount
850000
Conference Title
Coping with landslide risks in Hong Kong under extreme storms: Storm scenarios, cascading landslide hazards and multi-hazard risk assessment
Keywords
Climate change, Extreme storm, Landslide and debris flow, Multi-hazard risk assesment, Slope safety
Discipline
GeotechnicalWater
Panel
Physical Sciences (P)
HKU Project Code
C6012-15G
Grant Type
Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Funding Year
2015
Status
Completed
Objectives
1. To investigate extreme rainstorm scenarios in Hong Kong under the changing climate; 2. To develop multi-scale hydrological and landslide processes modelling algorithms to simulate the complex hazard processes and their interactions under extreme rainstorms; 3. To develop a multi-hazard risk assessment approach to evaluate the combined impact of landslides, debris flows and flooding in the Hong Kong metropolitan setting; 4. To establish a unique stress testing framework for evaluating the effectiveness of the Hong Kong slope safety system; 5. To make recommendations for improved slope safety system.