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Dr Kebede is an Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer and the PGR Director within the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering Design and Physical Sciences at Brunel University of London. He is also a founding member and Deputy Director of the Centre for Flood Risk and Resilience (CFR2). His research interests are climate change and coasts, impacts of sea-level rise and extreme events, coastal management and adaptation to future changes, migration and adaptation, direct and indirect impacts of and adaptation to climate and socio-economic changes, the food-water-land-ecosystems (FWLE) nexus, engineered- and nature-based solutions to multi-hazard risks, cross-sectoral impacts and integrated assessments, robustness of adaptation policies across sectors and scales, sensitivity and uncertainty analysis in integrated assessment modelling, and geospatial data analytics, modelling, and visualisation applications in civil and environmental engineering.

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Employment (4)

Brunel University London: London, GB

2024 to present | Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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Brunel University London: Uxbridge, Middlesex, GB

2018 to 2024 | Assistant Professor/Lecturer (Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering)
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University of Southampton: Southampton, GB

2009 to 2018 | Research Fellow/Senior Research Assistant/Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant (Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences)
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Arba Minch University: Arba Minch, ET

2003 to 2007 | Assistant Lecturer / Graduate Assistant II (Civil Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (6)

Brunel University London: London, GB

2020 | PGCAP (Brunel Educational Excellence Centre)
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University of Southampton: Southampton, GB

2016 | PhD (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
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University of Southampton: Southampton, GB

2009 | MSc (Erasmus Mundus) (Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management )
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Delft University of Technology: Delft, Zuid-Holland, NL

2008 | MSc (Erasmus Mundus) (Civil Engineering | Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management)
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Norwegian University of Science and Technology: Trondheim, NO

2007 | MSc (Erasmus Mundus) (Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management)
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Mekelle University: Mek'ele, ET

2003 | BSc (Distinction) (Civil Engineering)
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Professional activities (1)

Advance HE: London, GB

2020 to present | FHEA (Fellow of Higher Education Academy)
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Works (16)

Assessing coupled human-flood interactions using LiDAR geostatistics and neighbourhood analyses

Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk
2024-12-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1947-5705
Part of ISSN: 1947-5713
Contributors: Morgan J. Breen; Abiy S. Kebede; Carola S. König
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Abiy S. Kebede

The Safe Development Paradox in Flood Risk Management: A Critical Review

Sustainability
2022-12 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Morgan J. Breen; Abiy S. Kebede; Carola König
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Integrated assessment of the food-water-land-ecosystems nexus in Europe: Implications for sustainability

Science of The Total Environment
2021-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: Abiy S. Kebede; Robert J. Nicholls; Derek Clarke; Cristina Savin; Paula A. Harrison
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Abiy S. Kebede

Choices: Future Trade-Offs and Plausible Pathways

Deltas in the Anthropocene
2020 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783030235161
Part of ISBN: 9783030235178
Contributors: Attila N. Lázár; Susan E. Hanson; Robert J. Nicholls; Andrew Allan; Craig W. Hutton; Mashfiqus Salehin; Abiy S. Kebede
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Abiy S. Kebede

Future challenges of coastal landfills exacerbated by sea level rise

Waste Management
2020-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0956-053X
Contributors: R.P. Beaven; A.M. Stringfellow; R.J. Nicholls; I.D. Haigh; A.S. Kebede; J. Watts
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Applying the global RCP–SSP–SPA scenario framework at sub-national scale: A multi-scale and participatory scenario approach

Science of The Total Environment
2018-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: Abiy S. Kebede; Robert J. Nicholls; Andrew Allan; Iñaki Arto; Ignacio Cazcarro; Jose A. Fernandes; Chris T. Hill; Craig W. Hutton; Susan Kay; Attila N. Lázár et al.
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Abiy S. Kebede

A framework for identifying and selecting long term adaptation policy directions for deltas

Science of The Total Environment
2018-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: Natalie Suckall; Emma L. Tompkins; Robert J. Nicholls; Abiy S. Kebede; Attila N. Lázár; Craig Hutton; Katharine Vincent; Andrew Allan; Alex Chapman; Rezaur Rahman et al.
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Abiy S. Kebede

Assessing Flood Impacts, Wetland Changes and Climate Adaptation in Europe: The CLIMSAVE Approach

Environmental Modeling with Stakeholders
2017 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9783319250519
Part of ISBN: 9783319250533
Contributors: M. Mokrech; A. S. Kebede; R. J. Nicholls
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An integrated approach for assessing flood impacts due to future climate and socio-economic conditions and the scope of adaptation in Europe

Climatic Change
2015-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0165-0009
Part of ISSN: 1573-1480
Contributors: M. Mokrech; A. S. Kebede; R. J. Nicholls; F. Wimmer; L. Feyen
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Abiy S. Kebede

Cross-sectoral impacts of climate change and socio-economic change for multiple, European land- and water-based sectors

Climatic Change
2015-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0165-0009
Part of ISSN: 1573-1480
Contributors: P. A. Harrison; R. Dunford; C. Savin; M. D. A. Rounsevell; I. P. Holman; A. S. Kebede; B. Stuch
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Direct and indirect impacts of climate and socio-economic change in Europe: a sensitivity analysis for key land- and water-based sectors

Climatic Change
2015-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0165-0009
Part of ISSN: 1573-1480
Contributors: A. S. Kebede; R. Dunford; M. Mokrech; E. Audsley; P. A. Harrison; I. P. Holman; R. J. Nicholls; S. Rickebusch; M. D. A. Rounsevell; S. Sabaté et al.
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Abiy S. Kebede

Sea-Level Rise Impacts and Responses: A Global Perspective

Coastal Hazards
2013 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 9789400752337
Part of ISBN: 9789400752344
Part of ISSN: 2211-0577
Part of ISSN: 2211-0585
Contributors: Sally Brown; Robert J. Nicholls; Colin D. Woodroffe; Susan Hanson; Jochen Hinkel; Abiy S. Kebede; Barbara Neumann; Athanasios T. Vafeidis
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Indirect impacts of coastal climate change and sea-level rise: the UK example

Climate Policy
2012-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1469-3062
Part of ISSN: 1752-7457
Contributors: Robert J. Nicholls; Abiy S. Kebede
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Exposure and vulnerability to climate extremes: population and asset exposure to coastal flooding in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Regional Environmental Change
2012-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1436-3798
Part of ISSN: 1436-378X
Contributors: Abiy S. Kebede; Robert J. Nicholls
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Sea-level rise impacts on Africa and the effects of mitigation and adaptation: an application of DIVA

Regional Environmental Change
2012-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1436-3798
Part of ISSN: 1436-378X
Contributors: Jochen Hinkel; Sally Brown; Lars Exner; Robert J. Nicholls; Athanasios T. Vafeidis; Abiy S. Kebede
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Abiy S. Kebede

Impacts of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise: A Preliminary Case Study of Mombasa, Kenya

Journal of Coastal Research
2012-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0749-0208
Part of ISSN: 1551-5036
Contributors: Abiy S. Kebede; Robert J. Nicholls; Susan Hanson; Mustafa Mokrech
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Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Communications earth & environment. (1)
Review activity for Natural hazards. (1)