UC Research Profile - University of Canterbury

Dr Matthew William Hughes

Contact

Department: Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Email: matthew.hughes@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694599

Office: Civil & Natural Resources Engineering E446

Language: English

Integrating humanitarianism and Indigeneity with engineering and science to meet our challenges of flourishing in the Anthropocene.

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Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

Humanitarian Engineering
Integrating Indigeneity with Engineering and Science
Community and Infrastructure Development
Disaster Impacts on Ecosystems, Infrastructure Systems and Communities
Climate Adaptation

Researcher Summary

My research activities centre on the interplay between communities and natural and engineered systems. I conduct multidisciplinary and multi-agency research investigating how communities are impacted by and in turn influence the development of infrastructure, impacts of hazards on infrastructure and communities, and how long-term climate and landscape evolution processes will impact cultural heritage and settlements into the Anthropocene.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Earth Sciences: Climatology ; Geological Sciences ; Geomorphology
Engineering and Technology: Civil ; Earthquake Engineering ; Materials ; Resource/Environment Engineering
Resilience: Social: Culture and Heritage ; Education ; Emergency Management Planning ; People and Community
Resilience: Physical: Buildings ; Environmental ; Ground Acceleration ; Infrastructure ; Lifelines ; Rockfall and Slope Stability
Resilience: Technological: Geospatial Analysis and Remote Sensing ; Information Technology and Telecommunications
Coastal Research: Seawater intrusion vulnerability ; Tsunami risk modelling

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

Bosserelle A., Morgan L. and Hughes M. (2022) Groundwater Rise and Associated Flooding in Coastal Settlements due to Sea-Level Rise: A Review of Processes and Methods. Earth's Future, Accepted.

Wilkinson C., Macfarlane AH., Hikuroa DCH., McConchie C., Payne M., Holmes H., Mohi R. and Hughes MW. (2022) Landscape change as a platform for environmental and social healing. Kotuitui 17(3): 352-377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1177083X.2021.2003826.

Williams JH., Wilson TM., Wotherspoon L., Paulik R., Lane EM., Horspool N., Weir A., Hughes MW., Schoenfeld MR. and Brannigan D. (2022) Tsunami damage and post-event disruption assessment of road and electricity infrastructure: A collaborative multi-agency approach in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 72 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102841.

Davies A., Zorn C., Wilson TM., Wotherspoon L., Beaven S., Davies T. and Matthew H. (2021) Infrastructure Failure Propagations and Recovery Strategies from an Alpine Fault Earthquake Scenario: Establishing Feedback Loops Between Integrated Modelling and Participatory Processes for Disaster Impact Reduction. Bulletin of the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering 54(2): 82-96.

Lane EM., Thomas KL., Schoenfeld MR., Wilson TM. and Hughes MW. (2020) The scientific response to the 14 November 2016 Kaikōura tsunami – Lessons learnt from a moderate event. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 47 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101636.

Scheele F., Wilson T., Lane EM., Crowley K., Hughes MW., Davies T., Horspool N., Williams JH., Le L. and Uma SR. (2020) Modelling residential habitability and human displacement for tsunami scenarios in Christchurch, New Zealand. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 43 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101403.

Scott A., Oze C. and Hughes MW. (2020) Magnesium-Based Cements for Martian Construction. Journal of Aerospace Engineering 33(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0001132.

Wilkinson C., Hikuroa DCH., MacFarlane AH. and Hughes MW. (2020) Ma tauranga Ma ori in geomorphology: Existing frameworks, case studies, and recommendations for incorporating Indigenous knowledge in Earth science. Earth Surface Dynamics 8(3): 595-618. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-595-2020.

Williams JH., Wilson TM., Horspool N., Paulik R., Wotherspoon L., Lane EM. and Hughes MW. (2020) Assessing transportation vulnerability to tsunamis: utilising post-event field data from the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami, Japan, and the 2015 Illapel tsunami, Chile. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 20(2): 451-470. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-451-2020.

Bellagamba X., Bradley BA., Wotherspoon LM. and Hughes MW. (2019) Development and validation of fragility functions for buried pipelines based on Canterbury earthquake sequence data. Earthquake Spectra 35(3) 120917EQS253M: 1061-1086. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/120917eqs253m.

Mckibbin D., Blake D., Wilson T., Wotherspoon L. and Hughes M. (2019) A geospatial assessment of critical infrastructure impacts and adaptations in small rural towns following the 14 November 2016 (Kaikōura) earthquake, New Zealand. Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication 6(2): 19-29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3208/jgssp.v06.GIZ04.

Williams JH., Wilson TM., Horspool N., Lane EM., Hughes MW., Davies T., Le L. and Scheele F. (2019) Tsunami impact assessment: development of vulnerability matrix for critical infrastructure and application to Christchurch, New Zealand. Natural Hazards 96(3): 1167-1211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-019-03603-6.

Bagriacik A., Davidson R., Hughes MW., Bradley B. and Cubrinovski M. (2018) Comparison of statistical and machine learning approaches to modeling earthquake damage to water pipelines. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 112: 76-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2018.05.010.

Davies AJ., Sadashiva V., Aghababaei M., Barnhill D., Costello SB., Fanslow B., Headifen D., Hughes MW., Kotze R. and Mackie J. (2017) Transport infrastructure performance and management in the South Island of New Zealand, during the first 100 days following the 2016 Mw 7.8 “Kaikōura” Earthquake. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 50(2): 271-299.

Hayes J., Wilson TM., Deligne NI., Cole J. and Hughes MW. (2017) A model to assess tephra clean-up requirements in urban environments. Journal of Applied Volcanology 6(1): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13617-016-0052-3.

Hughes MW., Nayyerloo M., Bellagamba X., Morris J., Brabhaharan P., Rooney S., Hobbs E. and Wooley K. (2017) Impacts of the 14th November 2016 Kaikōura Earthquake on three waters systems in Wellington, Marlborough and Kaikōura, New Zealand: Preliminary observations. New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering Bulletin 50(2): 306-317.

Power W., Clark K., King DN., Borrero J., Howarth J., Lane EM., Goring D., Goff J., Chagué-Goff C. and Williams J. (2017) Tsunami runup and tide-gauge observations from the 14 November 2016 M7.8 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand. Pure and Applied Geophysics 174(7): 2457-2473. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-017-1566-2.

Monk CB., van Ballegooy S., Hughes MW. and Villeneuve M. (2016) Liquefaction Vulnerability Increase at North New Brighton due to Subsidence, Sea Level Rise, and Reduction in Thickness of the Non-Liquefying Layer. Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering 49(4): 334-340.

Morgenroth J., Hughes MW. and Cubrinovski M. (2016) Object-based image analysis for mapping earthquake-induced liquefaction ejecta in Christchurch, New Zealand. Natural Hazards 82(2): 763-775. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2217-0.

Quigley MC., Hughes MW., Bradley BA., van Ballegooy S., Reid CM., Morgenroth J., Horton TW., Duffy B. and Pettinga JR. (2016) The 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence: Environmental effects, seismic triggering thresholds and geologic legacy. Tectonophysics 672–673: 228-274. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.01.044.

Townsend D., Lee JM., Strong DT., Jongens R., Smith Lyttle B., Ashraf S., Rosser B., Perrin N., Lyttle K. and Cubrinovski M. (2016) Mapping surface liquefaction caused by the September 2010 and February 2011 Canterbury earthquakes: a digital dataset. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(4): 496-513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2016.1182929.

Hughes MW., Quigley MC., Van Ballegooy S., Deam BL., Bradley BA., Hart DE. and Measures R. (2015) The sinking city: Earthquakes increase flood hazard in Christchurch, New Zealand. GSA Today 25(3-4): 4-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GSATG221A.1.

Cubrinovski M., Hughes M. and O'Rourke TD. (2014) Impacts of liquefaction on the potable water system of Christchurch in the 2010-2011 Canterbury (NZ) earthquakes. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA 63(2): 95-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/aqua.2013.004.

Cubrinovski M., Winkley A., Haskell J., Palermo A., Wotherspoon L., Robinson K., Bradley B., Brabhaharan P. and Hughes M. (2014) Spreading-induced damage to short-span bridges in Christchurch, New Zealand. Earthquake Spectra 30(1): 57-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/030513EQS063M.

O'Rourke T., Jeon SS., Toprak S., Cubrinovski M., Hughes M., van Ballegooy S. and Bouziou D. (2014) Earthquake Response of Underground Pipeline Networks in Christchurch, NZ. Earthquake Spectra 30(1): 183-204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/030413EQS062M.

Cubrinovski M., Robinson K., Taylor M., Hughes M. and Orense R. (2012) Lateral spreading and its impacts in urban areas in the 2010-2011 Christchurch earthquakes. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 55(4): 255-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2012.699895.

Hughes MW., Almond PC., Roering JJ. and Tonkin PJ. (2010) Late Quaternary loess landscape evolution on an active tectonic margin, Charwell Basin, South Island, New Zealand. Geomorphology 122(3-4): 294-308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2009.09.034.

Hughes MW., Almond PC. and Roering JJ. (2009) Increased sediment production via bioturbation at the last glacial-interglacial transition. Geology 37(10): 919-922. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G30159A.1.

Hughes MW., Schmidt J. and Almond PC. (2009) Automatic landform stratification and environmental correlation for modelling loess landscapes in North Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Geoderma 149(1-2): 92-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.11.024.

Walther SC., Roering JJ., Almond PC. and Hughes MW. (2009) Long-term biogenic soil mixing and transport in a hilly, loess-mantled landscape: Blue Mountains of southeastern Washington. Catena 79(2): 170-178. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2009.08.003.

Alloway., V B., Lowe., J D., Barrell., A DJ., Newnham., M R., Almond. and C P. (2007) Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30 000 years (NZ-INTIMATE project). Journal of Quaternary Science 22(1): 9-35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1079.

Conference Contributions - Published

Hughes MW., Bello-Mendoza R., Cunningham M., Sharp K., McMeeking S. and Manning R. (2017) Towards integration of the Māori world view and engineering: A case study on student design projects for the Koukourārata community, Aotearoa/New Zealand. In Huda N; Inglis D; Tse N; Town G (Eds). Proceedings of the 28th Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference (AAEE2017): 378-389. Sydney: Australasian Association for Engineering Education.

Conference Contributions - Other

Bosserelle A., Morgan L. and Hughes M. (2022) Groundwater dynamics and sea-level rise in coastal cities. International Conference “Groundwater, key to the Sustainable Development Goals”, Paris, France, 18-20 May, 2022, 18 May 2022.

Bosserelle A., Morgan L. and Hughes M. (2021) Identifying the variability of shallow groundwater from west to east in urban Christchurch. New Zealand Hydrological Society Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 30 November-3 December, 30 Nov 2021.

Reports

Allen J., Davis C., Giovinazzi S., Hart DE., Cochrane T., Deam B., De Pascale G., Hicks M., Holland D. and Hughes M. (2014) Geotechnical & flooding reconnaissance of the 2014 March flood event post 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence, New Zealand. In Report No. GEER035, GEER Association. Commissioned by Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association. 134. http://dx.doi.org/10.18118/G6001Z.

Other

Hughes MW. (2016) Book Review: M. P. K. Sorrenson – Ko te Whenua te Utu / Land is the Price: Essays on Maori History, Land and Politics. Takahe Magazine(84).

Additional Publications

Almond PC., Roering JJ., Hughes MW., Lutter FS. and LeBouteiller C. (2008) Climatic and anthropogenic effects on soil transport rates and hillslope evolution. In Schmidt J; Cochrane T; Phillips C; Elliot S; Davies T; Basher L (Ed.), Sediment Dynamics in Changing Environments: 417-424. Wallingford: International Association of Hydrological Sciences.

Research Groups

Search and Rescue Research Group (SRRG)