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Overview

Keith Richards is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and focuses their research primarily in the field of Environmental Science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Ecology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Pollution

Richards's work addresses topics such as:

  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Urban and Rural Development Challenges

Representing a selection of recent published papers:

  • "Water, energy and land insecurity in global supply chains," 2020, Global Environmental Change
  • "Ongoing Drainage Reorganization Driven by Rapid Lake Growths on the Tibetan Plateau," 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Adaptation to flooding in low-income urban settlements in the least developed countries: A systems approach," 2020, Geographical Journal
  • "The historical avulsion of the Tista River, and its relationship to the Brahmaputra: Map and archive evidence from 1750 to 1835," 2021, Geographical Journal
  • "Bushfires - Climate, people and policies," 2020, Geographical Journal

Richards has frequently published in several venues, notably:

  • Geographical Journal
  • Global Environmental Change
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • The Journal of Urology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Mike Bithell
  • Hugh Brammer
  • Patricia L. Saunders
  • Daniel Jhang
  • Adel Battikha

Best Publications

  • Object-based land cover classification using airborne LiDAR

    A.S. Antonarakis;K.S. Richards;J. Brasington

  • Developments in monitoring and modelling small‐scale river bed topography

    S. N. Lane;S. N. Lane;K. S. Richards;J. H. Chandler

  • Linking River Channel Form and Process: Time, Space and Causality Revisited

    Stuart N. Lane;Keith S. Richards

  • The application of computational fluid dynamics to natural river channels: three-dimensional versus two-dimensional approaches

    S.N. Lane;K.F. Bradbrook;K.S. Richards;P.A. Biron

  • Geomorphic dynamics of floodplains: ecological implications and a potential modelling strategy

    Keith S. Richards;James Brasington;Francine Hughes

  • Environmental flows and water governance: managing sustainable water uses

    Claudia Pahl-Wostl;Angela Arthington;Janos Bogardi;Stuart E. Bunn

  • Accelerated lake expansion on the Tibetan Plateau in the 2000s: Induced by glacial melting or other processes?

    Chunqiao Song;Bo Huang;Keith Richards;Linghong Ke

  • Numerical simulation of three-dimensional, time-averaged flow structure at river channel confluences

    K. F. Bradbrook;S. N. Lane;K. S. Richards

  • The morphology of riffle‐pool sequences

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  • Investigation of controls on secondary circulation in a simple confluence geometry using a three-dimensional numerical model

    K. F. Bradbrook;P. M. Biron;S. N. Lane;K. S. Richards

  • Role of Bed Discordance at Asymmetrical River Confluences

    K. F. Bradbrook;S. N. Lane;K. S. Richards;P. M. Biron

  • Estimation of flow resistance in gravel‐bedded rivers: A physical explanation of the multiplier of roughness length

    N. J. Clifford;A. Robert;K. S. Richards

  • Three-dimensional measurement of river channel flow processes using acoustic doppler velocimetry

    S. N. Lane;P. M. Biron;K. F. Bradbrook;J. B. Butler

  • In situ characterization of grain‐scale fluvial morphology using Terrestrial Laser Scanning

    Rebecca Hodge;James Brasington;Keith Richards

  • Estimation of Surface Water Quality Changes in Response to Land Use Change: Application of The Export Coefficient Model Using Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System

    Nandish M. Mattikalli;Keith S. Richards

  • A distributed surface energy-balance model for a small valley glacier. I. Development and testing for Haut Glacier d’ Arolla, Valais, Switzerland

    N.S. Arnold;I.C. Willis;M.J. Sharp;K.S. Richards

  • Flood frequency analysis: assumptions and alternatives:

    R. Kidson;K. S. Richards

  • A collaboratively-derived science-policy research agenda

    William J. Sutherland;Laura Bellingan;Jim R. Bellingham;Jason J. Blackstock;Jason J. Blackstock

  • Analysing laser‐scanned digital terrain models of gravel bed surfaces: linking morphology to sediment transport processes and hydraulics

    Rebecca Hodge;James Brasington;Keith Richards

  • Geometry, bed topography and drainage system structure of the Haut Glacier d'Arolla, Switzerland

    Martin Sharp;Keith Richards;Ian Willis;Neil Arnold

  • Interactive effects of soil moisture, vegetation canopy, plant litter and seed addition on plant diversity in a wetland community

    Shaojun Xiong;Mats E. Johansson;Mats E. Johansson;Francine M. R. Hughes;Adrian Hayes

  • River Channels: Environment and Process

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  • Landform monitoring, modelling, and analysis

    [edited by] Stuart N. Lane;Keith S. Richards;Jim H. Chandler

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart N. Lane
Stuart N. Lane University of Lausanne
James Brasington
James Brasington University of Canterbury
Nicholas J. Clifford
Nicholas J. Clifford Loughborough University
Jim H. Chandler
Jim H. Chandler Loughborough University
Julian M. Allwood
Julian M. Allwood University of Cambridge
Ian Willis
Ian Willis University of Cambridge
André G. Roy
André G. Roy Concordia University
Pascale M. Biron
Pascale M. Biron Concordia University
Laurance D. Hall
Laurance D. Hall University of Cambridge
Neil S. Arnold
Neil S. Arnold University of Cambridge

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