Liao Kuei-Hsien, Professor
Academic Qualification
- Ph.D. in Built Environment, University of Washington (UW). 2012.
- Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania. 2003. Graduated with honors.
- Bachelor of Arts in Economics, National Taiwan University (NTU). 1996.
Academic Positions
- Professor, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University. August 2022 ~
- Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Urban Planning, National Taipei University. August 2017 ~ August 2022
- Visiting Fellow, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS). January 2017 ~ May 2017.
- Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).December 2013 ~ January 2017. Other academic affiliations at CUHK: Urban Studies Programme; Center for Land Resources and Housing Policy, Institute of Future Cities
- Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS).July 2012 ~ December 2013.
Research Interests
Flood resilience; resilience thinking; ecosystem services; nature-based-solutions; blue-green infrastructure; urban river restoration/rehabilitation/enhancement; sustainable stormwater management; urban sustainability; social-ecological systems.
Publications (Updated 2022/11/18)
Peer-reviewed Journal Papers
(*corresponding author)
- Liao K-H*, Chiang Y-S, Chan JKH. 2023. The levee dilemma game: A game experiment on flood management decision-making. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 90: 103662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103662
- Uehara M, Liao K-H*, Arai Y, Masakane Y. 2022. Could the magnitude of the 3/11 disaster have been reduced by ecological planning? A retrospective multi-hazard risk assessment through map overlay. Landscape and Urban Planning 227: 104541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104541
- Kuang D, Liao K-H*. 2022. How does flood resistance affect learning from flood experiences? A study of two communities in Central China. Climatic Change 173: 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03401-3
- Maraguchi M*, Nishino A, Kodaka A, Allaire M, Lall U, Liao K-H, Onda K, Tsubouchi K, Kohtake N. 2022. Human mobility data and analysis for urban resilience: A systematic review. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221075634
- Chan JKH*, Liao K-H. 2022.The normative dimensions of flood risk management: Two types of flood harm. Journal of Flood Risk Management 2022;e12978. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfr3.12798
- Kuang D, Liao K-H*. 2020. Learning from floods: linking flood experience and flood resilience. Journal of Environmental Management 271: 111025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111025
- Qiao X-J*, Liao K-H, Randrup TB. 2020. Sustainable stormwater management: A qualitative case study of the Sponge Cities initiative in China. Sustainable Cities and Society 53: 101963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101963
- Liao K-H*. Chan JKH, Huang YL. 2019. Environmental justice and flood prevention: The moral cost of floodwater redistribution. Landscape and Urban Planning 189: 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.01.014
- Liao K-H*. 2019. The socio-ecological practice of building blue-green infrastructure in high-density cities: what does the ABC Waters Program in Singapore tell us? Socio-Ecological Practice Research 1(1): 67-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-019-00009-3
- Campos BC*, Liao K-H, Yiu CY. 2019. The displacement risks and impacts of Hong Kong’s nonindigenous villagers: A ground theory analysis. Urban Affairs Review 55(6), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078087418766607
- Liao K-H*, Le AT, Nguyen KV. 2016. Urban design principles for flood resilience: Learning from the ecological wisdom of living with floods in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Landscape and Urban Planning 155: 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.01.014
- Liao K-H*, Chan JKH. 2016. What is ecological wisdom and how does it relate to ecological knowledge. Landscape and Urban Planning 155: 111-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.07.006
- Campos BC, Yiu CY, Shen J, Liao K-H, Maing M. 2016. The Anticipated housing pathways to homeownership of young people in Hong Kong. International Journal of Housing Policy 16(2): 223-242. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616718.2015.1130605
- Liao K-H. 2014. From flood control to flood adaptation: A case study on the Lower Green River Valley and the City of Kent in King County, Washington. Natural Hazards 71: 723-750. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11069-013-0923-4
- Mugerauer R, Liao K-H. 2013. Ecological design for dynamic systems: landscape architecture’s conjunction with complexity theory. Journal of Biourbanism (2012)2: 29-49. https://journalofbiourbanism.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/jbu_vol2_issue2_2012.pdf
- Liao K-H. 2012. A theory on urban resilience to floods—a basis for alternative planning practices. Ecology and Society 17(4): 48. https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss4/art48/
Book Chapters
- Liao K-H. 2022. The social downside of flood control: The case of a marginalized community in Taipei. Chapter 10 in Padawangi R, Rabé P, Perkasa A, editors. River Cities in Asia: Waterways in Urban Development and History. Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59199
- Liao K-H, Lee TY. 2022. A classic case of the struggle to control a river: Is it wise to sacrifice the social and ecological functions of the river for flood safety? Chapter 28 in Yang Y, Taufen A, editors. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Cities and Landscapes in the Pacific Rim. Routledge, London. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003033530
- Liao K-H. 2019. Living with floods: ecological wisdom in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Pages 195-215 in Yang B, Young RF, editors. Ecological Wisdom: Theory and Practice. Springer Nature, Singapore. (Reprint of Liao K-H, Le AT, Nguyen KV. 2016. Urban design principles for flood resilience: Learning from the ecological wisdom of living with floods in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Landscape and Urban Planning 155: 69-78.)
- Yang B, Li S, Xiang W, Bishop I, Liao K-H, Liu J. 2019. Where does ecological wisdom come from? Historical and contemporary perspectives. Pages 33-56 in Yang B, Young RF, editors. Ecological Wisdom: Theory and Practice. Springer Nature, Singapore.
- Tan PY, Liao K-H, Chan J. 2018. Landscapes in urban areas. Chapter 1 (p. 16-23) in Tan PY, Liao K-H, Hwang YH, Chua V, editors. Nature, Place & People: Forging Connections through Neighbourhood Landscape Design. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
- Liao K-H, Tan PY. 2018. A conceptual framework for neighbourhood landscape design. Chapter 3 (p. 58-77) in Tan PY, Liao K-H, Hwang YH, Chua V, editors. Nature, Place & People: Forging Connections through Neighbourhood Landscape Design. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
- Hwang YH, Liao K-H, Guizzo AO. 2018. Neighbourhood landscape development process and design approaches. Chapter 4 (p. 80-92) in Tan PY, Liao K-H, Hwang YH, Chua V, editors. Nature, Place & People: Forging Connections through Neighbourhood Landscape Design. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
- Tan PY, Liao K-H, Huang YH, Chua V, Guizzo AO, Chan J. 2018. Designing neighbourhood landscapes with landscape services. Chapter 5 (p. 94-202) in Tan PY, Liao K-H, Hwang YH, Chua V, editors. Nature, Place & People: Forging Connections through Neighbourhood Landscape Design. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
- Liao K-H, Deng SN, Tan PY. 2017. Blue-green infrastructure: New frontier for sustainable urban stormwater management. Chapter 10 (p.203-226) in Tan PY, Jim CY, editors. Greening Cities: Forms and Functions. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, Singapore.
Book Editing
- Tan PY, Liao K-H, Hwang YH, Chua V, editors. 2018. Nature, Place & People: Forging Connections through Neighbourhood Landscape Design. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore.
Downloadable at https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10879
Conference Papers
- Liao K-H. 2017. The unjust redistribution of floodwater within the city: The case of Shezidao, Taipei City. River Cities: Water Space in Urban Development and History. Surabaya, Indonesia.
- Liao K-H, Chan J, Tchapi M, Tan PY. 2016. Exploring participatory design for sustainable landscape for public housing neighborhoods in Singapore. Conference Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the Pacific Rim Community Design Network, Hong Kong.
- Liao K-H. 2014. Towards resilient, floodable cities: Floodability as an alternative flood safety standard to promote river health. DSD International Conference 2014. Hong Kong. http://www.dsd.gov.hk/rdforum/2014/abstract/Paper%20(A1-3).pdf
- Liao K-H, Tung YH, Huang SM. 2012. Community resilience and natural hazard management. Conference Proceedings of the 8th International Conference of the Pacific Rim Community Design Network, Seoul, South Korea.
Research Projects
- 2022/08 ~ 2023/07。主持人。因地因時制宜之資料導向災害應變系統：以台北車站特定專用區為研究對象(3/3)。科技部專題計畫/Belmont Forum DR3 CRA (Data-driven Disaster Response Systems Dependent on Time of Day, Season and location for Megacities) 子計畫（111-2625-M-305-003）
- 2022/05 ~ 2023/04。共同主持人。氣候變遷下坡地生態與農業系統之調適與永續—建立南投魚池鄉蓮華池周邊社區為高韌性之社會-生態-生產地景(2/4)。科技部專題研究計畫。（111-2321-B-029-001）
- 2021/08 ~ 2022/07。主持人。因地因時制宜之資料導向災害應變系統：以台北車站特定專用區為研究對象(2/3)。科技部專題計畫/Belmont Forum DR3 CRA (Data-driven Disaster Response Systems Dependent on Time of Day, Season and location for Megacities) 子計畫（110-2625-M-305-001）
- 2021/05 ~ 2022/04。共同主持人。氣候變遷下坡地生態與農業系統之調適與永續—建立南投魚池鄉蓮華池周邊社區為高韌性之社會-生態-生產地景(1/4)。科技部專題研究計畫。（110-2321-B-029-001）
- 2020/08 ~ 2021/07。主持人。因地因時制宜之資料導向災害應變系統：以台北車站特定專用區為研究對象(1/3)。科技部專題計畫/Belmont Forum DR3 CRA (Data-driven Disaster Response Systems Dependent on Time of Day, Season and location for Megacities) 子計畫（109-2625-M-305-002）
- 2019/08 ~ 2020/12。主持人。與洪水和平共存—耐淹力與韌性水環境治理之研究。科技部專題計畫/整合型計畫（《國土計畫法下城鄉整合治理研究》）子計畫（108-2621-M-305-007）
- 2015/05 ~ 2016/12. PI. Urban streams and rivers as green infrastructure in high-density Asian cities: An empirical study on Hong Kong, Taipei, and Singapore (HK$80,000). Direct grant. Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 2014/05 ~ 2015/12. PI. Urban design for flood resilience of Asian cities: learning from local and traditional adaptation strategies (HK$36,000). Direct grant. Chinese University of Hong Kong.
- 2014/12 ~ 2018/03. Co-PI. Biophilic town framework for landscapes to enhance the environment of high-density towns (SGD$1,284,000). National Research Foundation, Ministry of National Development, Singapore
Course Taught (Updated 2022/04/25)
