ESPA Grant (NERC) - Assessing health, livelihoods, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in populous deltas

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Robert Nicholls

Professor in Coastal Engineering

Research interests

long-term coastal engineering and management
the issues of coastal impacts and adaptation to climate change, with an emphasis on sea-level rise
the assessment of the future of deltaic areas, which are the most threatened coastal setting in the coming century

Connect with Robert

Email: R.J.Nicholls@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

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

Connect with Steve

Email: S.E.Darby@soton.ac.uk

Professor Zoe Matthews

Prof of Global Health&Social Statistics

Research interests

Maternal, newborn and adolescent health
Health workforce and health systems
Sustainable development goals

Connect with Zoe

Email: Zoe.Matthews@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor John Dearing

Connect with John

Email: J.Dearing@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Projections of on-farm salinity in coastal Bangladesh

D. Clarke, S. Williams, M. Jahiruddin, K.E. Parks & M. Salehin, 2015, Environmental Science Processes and Impacts, 1-11

DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00682H

Type: article

Impacts of climate change and socio-economic scenarios on flow and water quality of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna (GBM) river systems: low flow and flood statistics

P. Whitehead, E. Barbour, M. Futter, S. Sarkar, H. Rodda, J. Ceasar, D. Butterfield, L. Jin, R. Sinha, R.J. Nicholls & M. Salehin, 2015, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 1-13

DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00619D

Type: article

Dynamic modelling of the Ganga river system: impacts of future climate and socio-economic change on flows and nitrogen fluxes in India and Bangladesh

P Whitehead, S. Sarkar, L. Jin, M. Futter, J. Ceasar, E. Barbour, D. Butterfields, R. Sinha, R.J. Nicholls, C. Hutton & H. Leckie, 2015, Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 1-16

DOI: 10.1039/C4EM00616J

Type: article

Recent changes in ecosystem services and human well-being in the Bangladesh coastal zone

Md. Sarwar Hossain, John A. Dearing, M. Rahman & M. Salehin, 2015, Regional Environmental Change, 1-15

DOI: 10.1007/s10113-014-0748-z

Type: article

Implications of agricultural land use change to ecosystem services in the Ganges delta

G.M.T. Islam, A.K.M.S. Islam, A.A. Shopan, M.M. Rahman, Attila N. Lazar & A. Mukhopadhyay, 2014, Journal of Environmental Management, 161, 443-452

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.11.018

Type: article

Integrating ecosystem services and climate change responses in coastal wetlands development plans for Bangladesh

M. Sarwar Hossain, L. Hein, F.I. Rip & J.A. Dearing, 2013, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 20(2), 241-261