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Faith Chan

Head of School and Professor of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

I specialize in international water management policies, particularly in sustainable flood management and planning practices, flood risk assessment practices in the UK, Europe and East Asia and their applications in both developed and developing countries.

Expertise Summary

I started my academic life at University of Leeds in 2006, I was appointed as a research teaching associate at School of Geography in Leeds. I have been accredited as a teaching associate in the UK Higher Education Academy (UKHEA) since 2008.

I have engaged with the Water@Leeds research organisation and currently chair of the Delta group and currently I am the visiting senior research fellow at Water@Leeds, University of Leeds.

Teaching Summary

I have a keen interest in teaching, and I have gained the teaching associate qualification of the Higher Education Academy in the United Kingdom. I have been involved with a variety of teaching… read more

Research Summary

  • Sustainable Flood Risk Management
  • Coastal flood risk management in Asian Mega-cities
  • Urban surface flood management
  • Urbanization, planning and flood management

Recent Publications

I have a keen interest in teaching, and I have gained the teaching associate qualification of the Higher Education Academy in the United Kingdom. I have been involved with a variety of teaching activities, such as large and small lectures, field trip course, laboratory classes and pastoral tutorial roles during the past years.

Undergraduate (UNNC):

Module(s) Convenor:

EJ0ENV - Introduction to the Environment (ex from 2012-2016)

EJ1GEP (GEOG1025) - Global Environmental Processes (on-going)

EJ3MFC (GEOG 3042) - Management of Freshwater and Coastal Systems (on-going)

Supporting module:

EJ1ESD - Environmental Science Dissertation

EJ1TUT - Environmental Science and Tutorial

Future Research

  • Climate Change Adaptations
  • Coastal flood governance and management strategies
  • Strategic planning and regional flood risk management
  • Flood insurance

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