Mingfu Guan

@hku.hk

Department of Civil Engineering/Faculty of Engineering
The University of Hong Kong

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Hydrological Science; Hydraulic Engineering
2562

Scholar Citations

28

Scholar h-index

43

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Effects of Rainfall-Surge Peak Lag and Drainage Failure on Compound Flooding in Coastal Cities
    Z Li, K Guo, M Guan
    2026
  • Uncovering spatiotemporal patterns of floods using multi-sensor optical and synthetic aperture radar imagery in the major agriculture zone of Sindh, Pakistan
    S Hafeez, M Guan, BA Munir, D Yu
    Natural Hazards 122 (7), 288 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Enhancing cross-regional transferability of super-resolution-based flood surrogate models for data-scarce catchments
    W Song, M Guan
    Water Research, 125799 , 2026
    2026
  • Building Treatment and Its Effects on City‐Scale Urban Flood Modeling
    Z Li, K Guo, H Duan, M Guan
    Journal of Flood Risk Management 19 (1), e70178 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Can Flash Flood Risk Index Be an Early Warning Signal of Flash Floods in Ungauged Basin?
    K Guo, M Guan, J Yin
    Journal of Flood Risk Management 19 (1), e70176 , 2026
    2026
  • Next‐Generation Stormwater Infrastructures: A Typology of Paradigms for Design and Operation
    W Wang, O Emamjomehzadeh, JP Leitão, B Juma, Z Wang, M Guan, ...
    Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 13 (1), e70058 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Projected increases in shoreline erosion and potential flooding risk along China's sandy coasts under a warming climate
    X Li, S Wang, MI Vousdoukas, M Guan, W Dai, L Zhao
    Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 51 (1), e70245 , 2026
    2026
  • Rapid flood inundation mapping by integrating deep learning-based image super-resolution with coarse-grid hydrodynamic modeling
    W Song, M Guan, K Guo, D Yu
    Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics 19 (1), 2481115 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 22
  • Assessing Flood Risk Inequality in Global Railway Systems under Climate Change and Demographic Transitions
    C Liang, M Guan
    AGU25 , 2025
    2025
  • Urban flood intensification by storm clustering: The impact of rainstorm ‘train effect’
    K Guo, M Guan, C Liang, X Chen, D Yu
    Urban Climate 64, 102690 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Increasing flood hazards threaten metro system resilience under climate and demographic changes
    C Liang, M Guan
    Sustainable Cities and Society, 106890 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Validation of Urban Surface Water Flood Modeling with Multisource Data: Two Case Studies in Baoji and Linyi Cities, China: G. Guo et al.
    G Guo, J Yin, X Yuan, Z Zhu, M Guan, D Yu, N Wright
    International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 16 (5), 832-842 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • SwinFlood: A hybrid CNN-Swin Transformer model for rapid spatiotemporal flood simulation
    W Song, M Guan, D Yu
    Journal of Hydrology 660, 133280 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 21
  • Dynamic flood risk modeling in urban metro systems considering station configuration
    C Liang, M Guan, K Guo, D Yu, J Yin
    Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 111760 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 12
  • Multiscale Extremity of Intense Rainstorms Induced by Spatiotemporal Variabilities: Inconsistencies and Constraints
    H Yan, W Wang, KF Leung, M Guan
    ESS Open Archive , 2025
    2025
  • Enhanced urban flood hazard assessment by stochastic event catalog
    H Yan, K Guo, M Guan
    Water Resources Research 61 (8), e2025WR040459 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Urban rivers at wet seasons exhibit predominant self-purification capacity in pollutant concentrations than dry seasons at subtropical climate
    X Pang, M Guan
    Journal of Hydrology, 133992 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 10
  • Evaluating the effects of topography and land use change on hydrological signatures: a comparative study of two adjacent watersheds
    H Liu, H Yan, M Guan
    Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 29 (8), 2109-2132 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 20
  • Next-Generation Stormwater Infrastructures: A Typology of the Paradigm Shifts for Design and Operation
    W Wang, O Emamjomehzadeh, JP Leitão, B Juma, Z Wang, M Guan, ...
    Available at SSRN 5153608 , 2025
    2025
  • Computational investigation of the relationship between landslide-related conditions and resultant dam overtopping waves
    Y Mao, M Guan
    Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics 18 (1), 2388718 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 5

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Urban surface water flood modelling–a comprehensive review of current models and future challenges
    K Guo, M Guan, D Yu
    Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 25 (5), 2843-2860 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 330
  • Modelling and assessment of hydrological changes in a developing urban catchment
    M Guan, N Sillanpää, H Koivusalo
    Hydrological Processes 29 (13), 2880-2894 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 203
  • Storm runoff response to rainfall pattern, magnitude and urbanization in a developing urban catchment
    M Guan, N Sillanpää, H Koivusalo
    Hydrological Processes 30 (4), 543-557 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 155
  • Disruption of emergency response to vulnerable populations during floods
    D Yu, J Yin, RL Wilby, SN Lane, JCJH Aerts, N Lin, M Liu, H Yuan, J Chen, ...
    Nature Sustainability 3 (9), 728-736 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 137
  • The influence of floodplain restoration on flow and sediment dynamics in an urban river
    S Ahilan, M Guan, A Sleigh, N Wright, H Chang
    Journal of Flood Risk Management 11, S986-S1001 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 105
  • Quantifying the combined effects of multiple extreme floods on river channel geometry and on flood hazards
    M Guan, JL Carrivick, NG Wright, PA Sleigh, KEH Staines
    Journal of Hydrology 538, 256-268 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 103
  • Flash floods: why are more of them devastating the world’s driest regions?
    J Yin, Y Gao, R Chen, D Yu, R Wilby, N Wright, Y Ge, J Bricker, H Gong, ...
    Nature 615 (7951), 212-215 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 96
  • Assessment of LID practices for restoring pre-development runoff regime in an urbanized catchment in southern Finland
    M Guan, N Sillanpää, H Koivusalo
    Water Science and Technology , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 89
  • 2D process-based morphodynamic model for flooding by noncohesive dyke breach
    M Guan, NG Wright, PA Sleigh
    Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 140 (7), 04014022 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 84
  • Comparison of sustainable flood risk management by four countries–the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, the United States, and Japan–and the implications for Asian coastal …
    FKS Chan, LE Yang, G Mitchell, N Wright, M Guan, X Lu, Z Wang, B Montz, ...
    Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 22 (8), 2567-2588 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 79
  • Modeling forest evapotranspiration and water balance at stand and catchment scales: a spatial approach
    S Launiainen, M Guan, A Salmivaara, AJ Kieloaho
    Hydrology and Earth System Science, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-3457-201 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 70
  • Utilising social media data to evaluate urban flood impact in data scarce cities
    K Guo, M Guan, H Yan
    International journal of disaster risk reduction 93, 103780 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 58
  • A two-dimensional hydro-morphological model for river hydraulics and morphology with vegetation
    M Guan, Q Liang
    Environmental Modelling & Software 88, 10-21 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 54
  • Modelling the long-term suspended sedimentological effects on stormwater pond performance in an urban catchment
    S Ahilan, M Guan, N Wright, A Sleigh, D Allen, S Arthur, H Haynes, ...
    Journal of hydrology 571, 805-818 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 52
  • Bottom-up multilevel flood hazard mapping by integrated inundation modelling in data scarce cities
    M Guan, K Guo, H Yan, N Wright
    Journal of Hydrology 617, 129114 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 50
  • Urbanization further intensifies short‐duration rainfall extremes in a warmer climate
    H Yan, Y Gao, R Wilby, D Yu, N Wright, J Yin, X Chen, J Chen, M Guan
    Geophysical Research Letters 51 (5), e2024GL108565 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 48
  • Assessment of hydro-morphodynamic modelling and geomorphological impacts of a sediment-charged jökulhlaup, at Sólheimajökull, Iceland
    M Guan, NG Wright, PA Sleigh, JL Carrivick
    Journal of Hydrology 530, 336-349 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 48
  • Strategic storm flood evacuation planning for large coastal cities enables more effective transfer of elderly populations
    J Yin, Y Yang, D Yu, N Lin, R Wilby, S Lane, B Sun, J Bricker, N Wright, ...
    Nature Water 2 (3), 274-284 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 47
  • Numerical investigation of flash flood dynamics due to cascading failures of natural landslide dams
    Q Yang, M Guan, Y Peng, H Chen
    Engineering Geology 276, 105765 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 47
  • Multiple effects of sediment transport and geomorphic processes within flood events: modelling and understanding
    M Guan, NG Wright, PA Sleigh
    International Journal of Sediment Research , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 47