Paul Hudson
Associate Professor
- Name
- Dr. P.F. Hudson
- Telephone
- +31 70 800 9330
- p.f.hudson@luc.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2534-2720
Paul Hudson is Associate Professor of Physical Geography. His research utilizes a field based approach augmented with GISc mapping and analysis of satellite imagery and historic cartography. In broad terms Hudson’s research investigates human impacts on the environment, and specifically he examines flooding, soil erosion, river adjustment, sediment transport, as well as the management of floodplain environments
Extension number: 8730
Biography:
Paul Hudson is Associate Professor of Physical Geography and Sustainability at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Paul is an American academic, and jointed Leiden University after fourteen years in the Department of Geography & Environment at the University of Texas at Austin, and after two years at Amsterdam University College (UvA).
Hudson’s scholarly interests concerns the environmental management of rivers and water resources within coastal lowlands and deltas, through the lens of physical geography and hydrology, and the role of governance in designing effective management strategies. His field-based research is augmented with GISc mapping and analysis of satellite imagery and historic cartography. Hudson’s research is both disciplinary and interdisciplinary, and he has collaborated with archaeologists, biologists, geographers, historians, geologists and engineers. Hudson has research projects in the Netherlands (Rhine delta), eastern Mexico, Texas, and along the Lower Mississippi River in Louisiana and Mississippi. Prior funding has come from government agencies, U.S. National Science Foundation, and U.S. Fulbright.
Hudson has provided expert advice concerning environmental water resources across a range of governmental scales; community, state, and national, including Dutch parliament (tweede kamer).
Academic Expertise:
- Human impacts on the environment
- Hydrology and flooding
- GIS
- Mississippi River
- Lowland rivers
- Geomorphology
- Historic landscapes
- Floodplain management
Courses:
- Water Resources and River Management
- Earth Systems Science
- Advanced GIS
- Water, Policy and the Environment
Associate Professor
- Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
- Leiden University College
Work address
Anna van BuerenpleinAnna van Buerenplein 301
2595 DG The Hague
Room number 4.41
Contact
- Hudson P.F. & Zorn M. (2019), The role of historic human impacts on modern environmental processes and management: Introduction to special issue, Land Degradation and Development : 1-4.
- Hudson P.F. (2018), Flood Control Infrastructure and ‘Political Hydrology’ along the LA-TX Gulf Coast. Washington DC: American Association of Geographers, AAG Newsletter 53(April 4): .
- Most M. van der & Hudson P.F. (2018), The influence of floodplain geomorphology and hydrologic connectivity on alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) habitat along the embanked floodplain of the Lower Mississippi River, Geomorphology 302: 62-75.
- Hudson P.F. (2018), Towards integrated flood management along the lower Rhine and Mississippi Rivers and the international legacy of the 2005 New Orleans Hurricanes Katrina–Rita flood disaster, International Journal of River Basin Management 16(3): 273-285.
- Hudson P.F. & Hinman S.E. (2017), The integration of geography in a curriculum focused to internationalization and interdisciplinarity: A liberal arts & sciences perspective from the U.S. and the Netherlands, Journal of Geography in Higher Education 41(4): 549-561.
- Hudson P.F. (2017), Fluvial Depositional Processes and Landforms. In: Richardson D., Castree N., Goodchild M.F., Kobayashi A., Liu W. & Marston R.A. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Hudson P.F. (2017), Water Engineering. In: Richardson D., Castree N., Goodchild M.F., Kobayashi A., Liu W. & Marston R.A. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Heitmuller F.T., Hudson P.F. & Kesel R.H. (2016), Overbank sedimentation from the extreme AD 2011 flood along the Lower Mississippi River, Geology : .
- Heitmuller F.T., Hudson P.F. & Asquith W.H. (2015), Lithologic and hydrologic controls of mixed alluvial–bedrock channels in flood-prone fluvial systems: bankfull and macrochannels in the Llano River watershed, central Texas, US, Geomorphology 232: 1-19.
- Hudson P.F. & Middelkoop H. (2015), Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe. New York: Springer-Verlag.
- Hudson P.F. & Middelkoop H. (2015), Integrated Floodplain Management, Environmental Change, and Geomorphology: Problems and Prospects. In: Hudson P.F. & Middelkoop H. (Eds.), Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe. New York: Springer-Verlag. 1-8.
- Hudson P.F. & Middelkoop H. (2015), The Palimpsest of River-Floodplain Management and the Role of Geomorphology. In: Hudson P.F. & Middelkoop H. (Eds.), Geomorphic Approaches to Integrated Floodplain Management of Lowland Fluvial Systems in North America and Europe. New York: Springer-Verlag. 337-350.
- Hudson P.F., Goudie A. & Asrat A. (2015), Human Impacts on Landscapes: Geomorphology, Environmental Change, and Sustainability (refereed special issue), Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie Supplementbände 59(2): 1-245.
- Hudson P.F., Goudie A. & Asrat A. (2015), Human impacts on landscapes: Sustainability and the role of geomorphology (editorial), Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie Supplementbände 59(2): 1-5.
- Hudson P.F. & LaFevor M. (2014), Management and Monitoring Land Degradation and Environmental Change (refereed special issue), Journal of Environmental Management 138: 1-96.
- Avwunudiogba A. & Hudson P.F. (2014), A review of soil erosion models with special reference to the needs of humid tropical mountainous environments, European Journal of Sustainable Development 3(4): 299-310.
- Hudson P.F. & LaFevor M. (2014), Introduction: Managing and monitoring human impacts on landscapes for environmental change and sustainability, Journal of Environmental Management 138: 1-3.
- Hudson P.F. & LaFevor (2014), Managing and Monitoring Human Impacts on Landscapes for Environmental Change and Sustainability, Journal of Environmental Management 138: 1-96.
- Hudson P.F. & LaFevor M.C. (Eds.) (2014), . Journal of Environmental Management.
- Hudson P.F. & LaFevor M.C. (Eds.) (2014), . Journal of Environmental Management.
- Hudson P.F., Sounny-Slittine M.A. & LaFevor M. (2013), A new longitudinal approach to assess hydrologic connectivity: Embanked floodplain inundation along the lower Mississippi River, HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES 27(15): 2187-2196.
- Hudson P.F. & Inbar M. (2012), Geodiversity and land degradation: Anthropogenic and natural drivers of environmental change, Land Degradation and Development 23(4): 307-309.
- Hudson P.F. (2012), Geomorphic Adjustment of the San Marcos River, Texas to Environmental Management for Removal of an Invasive Water Plant, Cryptocoryne beckettii. Final Report (reviewed). Austin, TX: U.S. Fish & Wildlife, Texas Parks & Wildlife.
- Hudson P.F. & Inbar M. (2012), Land Degradation and Geodiversity: Anthropogenic Controls on Environmental Change (peer reviewed special issue), Land Degradation and Development 23(4): 307-426.
- Hudson Paul F., Heitmuller Franklin T. & Leitch Maraigh B. (2012), Hydrologic connectivity of oxbow lakes along the lower Guadalupe River, Texas: The influence of geomorphic and climatic controls on the "flood pulse concept", Journal of Hydrology 414: 174-183.
- Hudson P.F. (2010), Formation and Dynamics of Floodplain Lakes along the Lower Guadalupe, San Antonio, and Brazos Rivers, Texas. Final Report (reviewed). Austin, TX: Texas Water Development Board.
- Benito G. & Hudson P.F. (2010), Flood Hazards: The Context of Fluvial Geomorphology, Ch. 10. In: Alcántara-Ayala I. & Goudie A. (Eds.), Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention: Cambridge University Press. 110-128.
- Heitmuller F.T. & Hudson P.F. (2009), Downstream trends in sediment size and composition of channel-bed, bar, and bank deposits related to hydrologic and lithologic controls in the Llano River watershed, central Texas, USA, Geomorphology 112(3-4): 246-260.
- Hudson P.F. & Beach T.P. (2008), Dedication to Karl W. Butzer, Geomorphology 101(1-2): .
- Hudson P.F., Butzer K.W. & Beach T.P. (2008), Fluvial deposits and environmental history: Synthesis, Geomorphology 101(1-2): .
- Hudson P.F. & Heitmuller F.T. (2008), Rivers and landscapes of the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain, The Southwestern Geographer 12: 90-123.
- Hudson P.F. (2008), Deltas. In: Trimble S.W., Steward B.A. & Howell T.A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Water Science, 2nd Edition (reviewed) 152-156.
- Hudson P.F. (2008), Alluvial Channels. In: Trimble S.W., Steward B.A. & Howell T.A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Water Science, 2nd Edition (reviewed) 991-997.
- Hudson P.F., Middelkoop H. & Stouthamer E. (2008), Flood management along the Lower Mississippi and Rhine Rivers (The Netherlands) and the continuum of geomorphic adjustment, Geomorphology 101(1-2): 209-236.
- Hudson P.F., Butzer K.W. & Beach T.P. (2008), Fluvial Deposits and Environmental History: Geoarchaeology, Paleohydrology, Adjustment to Environmental Change. Geomorphology no. 101. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
- Hudson P.F., Butzer K.W. & Beach T.P. (2008), Scope and context of the 39th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, Geomorphology 101(1-2): .
- Hudson P.F., Butzer K.W. & Beach T.P. (2008), Scope and context of the 39th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, Geomorphology 101(1-2): viii – xi.
- Hudson P.F. (2008), Alluvial River Channels (reviewed). In: Trimble S.W., Steward B.A. & Howell T.A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Water Science, 2nd Edition 991-997.
- Hudson P.F. (2008), Natural Levees. In: Trimble S.W., Steward B.A. & Howell T.A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Water Science, 2nd Edition (reviewed) 763-767.
- Hudson Paul F., Colditz Rene R. & Aguilar-Robledo Miguel (2006), Spatial relations between floodplain environments and land use - Land cover of a large lowland tropical river valley: Panuco basin, Mexico, Environmental Management 38(3): 487-503.
- Hudson P.F. & Alcántara-Ayala I. (2006), Geomorphology and Land Degradation, Catena 65(2): 101-199.
- Hudson P.F. & Alcántara-Ayala I. (2006), Land Degradation and Geomorphology, CATENA 65(2): 101-199.
- Hudson P.F. & Kesel R.H. (2006), Spatial and temporal adjustment of the lower Mississippi River to major human impacts, Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie Supplementbände 143: 17-33.
- Hudson P.F. & Alcantara-Ayala I. (2006), Ancient and modern perspectives on land degradation, Catena 65(2): 102-106.
- Hudson P.F., Hendrickson D.A., Benke A.C., Rodiles-Hernandez R. & Minckley W.L. (2005), Rivers of Mexico, Ch. 23. In: Benke A. & Cushing C.E. (Eds.), Rivers of North America: Academic Press, Elsevier. 1030-1084.
- Hudson P.F. (2004), Geomorphic context of the prehistoric Huastec floodplain environments: lower Panuco basin, Mexico, Journal of Archaeological Science 31(6): 653-668.
- Crews-Meyer K.A., Hudson P.F. & Colditz R. (2004), Landscape complexity and remote classification in Eastern Mexico: Applications of Landsat 7 ETM data, GeoCarto International 19: 45-56.
- Hudson P.F. (2004) Review of Fluvial Processes and Environmental Change. Review of: Brown A.G. & Quine T.A. (1999), Fluvial Processes and Environmental Change: Wiley. River Research and Applications .
- Hudson P.F. (2003), Event sequence and sediment exhaustion in the lower Panuco Basin, Mexico, Catena 52(1): 57-76.
- Hudson P.F. (2003), The influence of the El Nino Southern Oscillation on suspended sediment load variability in a seasonally humid tropical setting: Panuco Basin, Mexico, Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography 85A(3-4): 263-275.
- Hudson P.F. (2003), Floodplains: Environment and Process (peer reviewed special issue), Geomorphology 56(3-4): 223-352.
- Hudson P.F. (2003), Floodplains: Environment and process (introduction), Geomorphology 56(3-4): 223-224.
- Hudson P.F. & Heitmuller F.T. (2003), Local- and watershed-scale controls on the spatial variability of natural levee deposits in a large fine-grained floodplain: Lower Panuco Basin, Mexico, Geomorphology 56(3-4): 255-269.
- Walker H.J. & Hudson P.F. (2003), Hydrologic and geomorphic processes in the Colville River delta, Alaska, Geomorphology 56(3-4): 291-303.
- Hudson P.F. & Colditz R.R. (2003), Flood delineation in a large and complex alluvial valley, lower Panuco basin, Mexico, Journal of Hydrology 280(1-4): 229-245.
- Hudson P.F. (2002), Floodplain styles of the lower Pánuco basin, Mexico, Journal of Latin American Geography 1: 58-68.
- Steinberg M.K. & Hudson P.F. (2002), Introduction. In: Steinberg M.K. & Hudson P.F. (Eds.), Cultural and Physical Expositions: Geographic Studies in the Southern United States and Latin America no. 36. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Geoscience & Man, Louisiana State University Press. 9-12.
- Hudson P.F. (2002), Historic Channel Behavior of the Lower Mississippi River. In: Steinberg M.K. & Hudson P.F. (Eds.), Cultural and Physical Expositions: Geographic Studies in the Southern United States and Latin America no. 36. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Geoscience & Man, Louisiana State University press. 309-323.
- Steinberg M.K. & Hudson P.F. (2002), Cultural and Physical Expositions: Geographic Studies in the Southern U.S. and Latin America no. 36. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Geoscience & Man, Louisiana State University Press.
- Hudson P.F. (2002), Pool-riffle morphology in an actively migrating alluvial channel: The Lower Mississippi River, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 23(2): 154-169.
- Hudson P.F. (2001), Fluvial and Karst Processes and Landforms. In: , Encyclopedia of World Geography: Salem Press.
- Hudson P.F. & Kesel R.H. (2000), Channel migration and meander-bend curvature in the lower Mississippi River prior to major human modification, Geology 28(6): 531-534.
- Hudson P.F. (2000) Review of, Varieties of Fluvial Form. Review of: Miller A.J. & Gupta A. (1999), Varieties of Fluvial Form: Wiley. Geomorphology 35.
- Hudson P.F. (2000), Discharge, sediment, and channel characteristics of the Rio Pánuco, Mexico, Conference of Latin Americanist Geographers. no. 26 61-70.
- Hudson P.F. & Kesel R.H. (1999) Review of, Fluvial Form and Process: A New Perspective. Review of: Knighton D. (1998), Fluvial Form and Process: A New Perspective: Wiley. Geomorphology 28.
- Hudson P.F. (1998), Assessment of historic erosion rates in the Lower Mississippi River, Proceedings, GIS/LIS '98. . Ft. Worth, TX: GIS/LIS. 17-24.
- Hudson P.F. & Mossa J. (1997), Discharge and suspended sediment dynamics of Texas rivers. no. 139-146. Ft. Worth, TX: Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting.
- Hudson P.F. & Mossa J. (1997), Suspended sediment transport effectiveness of three large impounded rivers, U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain, Environmental Geology 32(4): 263-273.