Professor, Department of Geography, National Taiwan Normal University
162, Section 1, Heping East Road, Taipei City 106, Taiwan
Phone: +886-2-7749-1649
Email: liaw@ntnu.edu.tw
Research Interests:
Prof. Shyue-Cherng Liaw graduated from the National Taiwan University, Dept. of Forestry for BS and MS degrees. He got the Ph.D from the Colorado State Univ., Dept. of Earth Resources. He had served as a senior technician in Taiwan Forestry Bureau, and as an associate researcher in Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Dept. of Watershed Management. After that he moved to be an assistant professor in Dept. of Social Study Education, National Taipei Teachers’ College, and to be an associate professor and professor in Dept. of Geography, National Taiwan Normal University. Prof. Liaw have been a visiting scholar and researcher in the Univ. of British Columbia, Univ. of Alberta, Univ. of Tsukuba, and Univ. of Tokyo, respectively. His research interests focus on natural resources management, watershed management, Ecology and Hydrology. Currently, his research is related to hillslope disaster, natural resources conservation, community forestry, landscape ecology. He applies the GIS and remote sensing to study ecological hydrology, land use change, and landslide disaster, especially for community vulnerability and resilience to natural disasters. Recently, he studies the integration of forest therapy into the regional revitalization in the private forests, and the impact of climate change on ecosystem services.
Selected publications:
Liao, C.W., J.H. Sung, S.C. Chan, and S.C. Liaw (2015) Changes in yydrological characteristics during annual and wet–dry periods in the Jingmei Stream watershed. Bulletin of the Geographical Society of China, 54: 55-72.
Yeh, C.K. and S.C. Liaw (2015) Application of landscape metrics and Markov Chain Model to assess land cover changes within a forested watershed, Taiwan. Hydrological Processes 29: 5031-5043.
Yeh, C.K. and S.C. Liaw (2016) Trajectories, drivers, and probabilities of land cover change in a disturbed forested watershed in eastern Taiwan. Natural Hazards 82: 1099-1122.
Tseng, W.D. and S.C. Liaw (2017) Content analysis of newspaper reports about natural disaster in Taoyuan City. Journal of Engineering Environment 37: 76-92.
Tseng, W.D. and S.C. Liaw (2017) Public hazard perception and adjustment behavior in the Lao-Jie River watershed, Taoyuan City. Journal of Chinese Soil and Water Conservation, 48 (3): 145-152.
Wang, L.P. and S.C. Liaw (2018) The social vulnerability of urban flooding disaster in Hsinchu City. Journal of Engineering Environment 38: 94-113.
Sung, J.H. and S.C. Liaw (2018) Application of trend analysis to explore hydrological change under climate change in the Taimali Stream Basin. Journal of Geographical Research 68: 49-72.
Yao, C.Y. and S.C. Liaw (2018) Institutional analysis of public participation of indigenous people in watershed governance: A case study of Lunpi Community in Yilan County. Journal of Geographical Research 68: 89-114.
Li, H.C. and S.C. Liaw (2019) The Political Ecology Analysis of Engineering Environment in the Erchong Floodway (I): Delimitation (1960-1996). Journal of Engineering Environment 39: 36-64.
Li, H.C. and S.C. Liaw (2019) The Political Ecology Analysis of Engineering Environment in the Erchong Floodway (II): Cross-Border (1996-). Journal of Engineering Environment 39: 65-101.
Sung, C.H. and S.C. Liaw (2020) A GIS-based approach for assessing social vulnerability to flood and debris flow hazards. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 46, 101531.
Sung, C.H. and S.C. Liaw (2020) A GIS Approach to Analyzing the Spatial Pattern of Baseline Resilience Indicators for Community (BRIC). Water, 12, 1401.
Yeh, C.K. and S.C. Liaw (2021) Applying spatial autocorrelation and logistic regression to analyze land cover change trajectory in a forested watershed. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 32(1): 35-52.
Sung, C.H. and S.C. Liaw (2021) Using spatial pattern analysis to explore the relationship between vulnerability and resilience to natural hazards. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 5634.