{"id":2602,"date":"2026-07-16T01:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T01:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/?page_id=2602"},"modified":"2026-07-16T02:07:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T02:07:14","slug":"tfw-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/projects\/tfw-project\/","title":{"rendered":"TfW Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Climate Change and Flooding Risk on the Core Valleys Network of TfW<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_2588\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2588\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/2026\/07\/01\/new-tfw-project\/cvls\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/files\/2026\/07\/CVLs.png?fit=834%2C1113&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"834,1113\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Study Area\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Study Area&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/files\/2026\/07\/CVLs.png?fit=767%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2588 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/files\/2026\/07\/CVLs.png?resize=360%2C480\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/files\/2026\/07\/CVLs.png?resize=360%2C480&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/files\/2026\/07\/CVLs.png?resize=767%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 767w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/files\/2026\/07\/CVLs.png?resize=768%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/files\/2026\/07\/CVLs.png?w=834&amp;ssl=1 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Study Area<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Built on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/projects\/tfw-pilot-study\/\">the pilot study<\/a>, this project is to develop an operational\u00a0<strong>decision support system<\/strong>\u00a0for TfW to fully assess the vulnerability and flood risk on Cardiff Core Valley Lines (CVLs) strategically under the changing climate, including the following Work Packages (WPs):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Climate change and the impacts<\/li>\n<li>Field measurements\/monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Hydraulic modelling<\/li>\n<li>Flood risk assessment<\/li>\n<li>Operational warning\/decision support system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project Duration:<\/strong>\u00a0June 2026 \u2013 June 2029<\/p>\n<p><strong>Investigators<\/strong>: Prof Pan, Prof Wilson, Dr Bray &amp; Prof Ahmadian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Researcher:<\/strong>\u00a0Hossein Amini\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/shunqipan\/research\/tfw-project\/AminiH@cardiff.ac.uk\">AminiH@cardiff.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Change and Flooding Risk on the Core Valleys Network of TfW Built on\u00a0the pilot study, this project is to develop an operational\u00a0decision support system\u00a0for TfW to fully assess the vulnerability and flood risk on Cardiff Core Valley Lines (CVLs) strategically under the changing climate, including the following Work Packages (WPs): Climate change and the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1083,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2602","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6QOqN-FY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2544,"url":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/projects\/tfw-pilot-study\/","url_meta":{"origin":2602,"position":0},"title":"TfW-Pilot Study","author":"CoastalRes@Cardiff","date":"12\/03\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Climate Change and Flooding Risk on the Core Valleys Network of TfW - Pilot Study This is a pilot project for Transport for Wales (TfW) and aims to: \u00a0assess the availability, solution and shortcomings of existing system data sets in the Core Valleys Lines (CVL) of the Transport for Wale\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/shunqipan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/488\/2024\/01\/area.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":27,"url":"https:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/coastal\/projects\/","url_meta":{"origin":2602,"position":1},"title":"Projects","author":"CoastalRes@Cardiff","date":"08\/10\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The group currently is involved in the following research projects. 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