GIS and Spatial Planning for Natural Hazards Mitigation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Earth Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 26493
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hillslope geomorphology; geochemistry; heavy metals; geotourism; geoheritage; landscape ecology; soil and gully erosion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The dynamic development of methods related to the acquisition and management of spatial data creates better and better conditions for identifying, forecasting, and preventing the negative effects of natural hazards. Spatial planning relying on the use of information acquired from geographic information systems is an instrument that can be used for this purpose. Thanks to this, it is possible to analyze the determinants and the potential spatial scope of dangerous phenomena from a human perspective. Familiarity with these data and processes offers an opportunity to develop space in a way that mitigates the impact of natural hazards. Knowing the scale and scope of these phenomena is particularly important in view of the ongoing climate change whose effects will probably include an increased frequency of extreme hydrometeorological phenomena. This Special Issue will be dedicated to the following topics:
- New methodological solutions for identifying and predicting natural hazards;
- Spatial planning systems in various countries in the context of natural hazards;
- Examples of good practices in the use of GIS in spatial planning in areas threatened by natural hazards;
- Modeling natural hazards with GIS.
Prof. Dr. Wojciech Zgłobicki
Dr. Leszek Gawrysiak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- remote sensing
- land use
- land cover
- floods
- flash floods
- landslides
- soil erosion
- risk modeling and maps
- sustainable development
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