Background

Slopeland and Hydrology Division was composed of “Slopeland Disaster Prevention Division” and “Flood and Drought Disaster Prevention Division” in 2014, when National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction was restructured as an administrative corporation under the supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology, while the two divisions were originally established in 2004.

The main research perspective of the division is to implement the disaster related research results gathered from related governmental agencies to field application. In the future, Slopeland and Hydrology Division will devote to disaster risk management, cooperate with government, academia, and public sectors to enhance disaster reduction core research technical support, and implement application into government policies to maintain Taiwan's sustainable development.

Primary Tasks

Slopeland related disasters

1. Disaster Investigation and disaster database establishment
2. Technology of slopeland disaster precaution and scenario analysis
3. Slopeland compound disaster assessment technology
4. Assessment and establishment of slopeland disaster potential maps and risk map
5. Promotion and implementation of slopeland disaster prevention policies
6. Promotion educational outreach of slopeland disaster reduction community
7. Promotion of the management policies of large-scale collapse
8. Impact assessment of water resources and slopeland land disaster under climate change scenario

Flood and drought related disasters

1. Flood and inundation information inquiry system
2. Inundation scenario simulation and analysis
3. Integration and assessment of flood disaster information
4. Enhancement and value-added implementation of inundation potential data
5. Enhancement of disaster response decision supporting system and assessment information platform
6. Investigation and comprehensive analysis of Typhoon Morakot disaster
7. Disaster data comprehensive establishment and disaster investigation analysis
8. Research and development of disaster monitoring and precaution system and the production of disaster potential map

Key Achievements

1. 2014: “Establishment of slopeland disaster precaution physical model” and “Development and establishment of full basin integrated flooding model”, please refer to NCDR 2014 Annual Report for the detail
2. 2013: “Promotion of large scale collapse prevention technology”, please refer to NCDR 2013 Annual Report for the detail
3. 2012: “Impact assessment of slopeland sediment disaster”, please refer to NCDR 2012 Annual Report for the detail
4. 2012: “Quantitative analysis of slopeland disaster scale”, please refer to NCDR Technical Report: NCDR101-T21 for the detail
5. 2011: “Risk analysis and implementation of slopeland disaster under climate change scenario” and “Strategic planning of the promotion of large scale collapse disaster prevention”. Please refer to NCDR 2011 Annual Report, NCDR Technical Report: NCDR100-T35, NCDR 99-T38 for the details
6. 2011: “production of disaster potential map”, and “Research and Development of disaster monitoring and precaution system, please refer to NCDR 2001 Annual Report for the details
7. 2010: “Comprehensive integration of the disaster data and disaster investigation analysis. Please refer to NCDR 2010 Annual Report for the details
8. 2010: “Research on large scale slopeland collapse disaster prevention technology”, please refer to NCDR 2010 Annual Report for the details