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Professor Steve Darby

Professor Steve Darby

Associate Dean Research

Research interests

  • River and coastal flooding - relationships between geomorphology and flooding in rivers and deltas
  • Biogeomorphology - interactions between river processes and life
  • River bank erosion processes

More research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

Connect with Steve

Email: s.e.darby@soton.ac.uk

Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Research

Research groups

Research interests

  • River and coastal flooding - relationships between geomorphology and flooding in rivers and deltas
  • Biogeomorphology - interactions between river processes and life
  • River bank erosion processes
  • Dynamics of river channel migration and delta evolution

Research projects

Active projects

The Evolution of Global Flood Hazard & Risk [EVOFLOOD]
GLOSS: Global Suspended Sediment: identifying the quantities, drivers and trajectories of fluvial sediment loads
CHANCE - Understanding compound flooding in the past, present and future for North Atlantic coastlines

Completed projects

BRAgS - Building Resilient Agricultural Systems: sustainable livelihoods in Mega-Deltas under environmental change
Sponsor: Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
Freshwater Flows HNV
Researchers:
Professor Steve Darby
Sponsor: Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Wildlife Trust
Characteristics of Turbulent Flows on Forested Floodplains
Floods and Droughts: Hydro-meteorological hazards in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
RAMESES: The resilience and sustainability of the Mekong delta to changes in water and sediment fluxes
Researchers:
Professor Steve Darby
Climatic and Autogenic Controls on the Morphodynamics of Mega-Rivers
*CLOSED* Darby, Mud, Monsoons and the Mekong
Sponsor: Gilchrist Educational Trust
TIMBER: Managing riverine flood risk & habitat diversity with in-stream wood
Researchers:
Professor Steve Darby
Flow dynamics, Active submarine channel: A process-product approach
Researchers:
Professor Steve Darby
Understanding the Isle of Wight soft cliffs project/Wildlife Trust [CLOSED - see 507661102]
Researchers:
Professor Steve Darby
Sponsor: Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Wildlife Trust
Darby, Cardno, Phase II-Mississoppi River Basin
Sponsor: Cardno Inc.
COMPFLOOD
Ongoing Impacts from the Surge in Sand Mining during COVID-19: Enhanced River Bank Erosion Hazard & Risk in Vietnam's Mekong Delta
Deltaic Environments, Vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration as Adaptation (DECCMA)
Sponsor: International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
GeoData Pakistan flooding
Sponsor: Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations
Comp-Flood: Compound flooding in coastal Viet Nam
ESPA Grant (NERC) - Assessing health, livelihoods, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in populous deltas
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