Sustainable Development and Disaster Risk Reduction
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Hazards and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 12237
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infrastructure systems; remote sensing; socioeconcomic
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Interests: hydroinformatics; flood risk assessment and management; natural hazards; remote sensing; water resources
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Disasters caused by natural hazards can often lead to significant and long-lasting disruptions of the whole socioeconomic system. On the other hand, the lack of sustainable development can further increase disaster risks and impacts. Therefore, disaster risk reduction and sustainable development are closely related, yet the disciplinary boundary prevails and there are limited cooperations between disaster risk management, environment, and development communities. One catastrophic event, such as an earthquake, or flood, can destroy multi-infrastructure systems and lead to cascading failures and substantial socioeconomic damages and set back development. Similarly, slow-onset disasters such as these associated with global climate changes can also pose serious threats to people’s lives and livelihoods, infrastructure, socioeconomy, and long-term sustainable development.
This Special Issue aims to bring together reviews and original research articles that aim to bridge the gaps between environmental, sustainable development, and disaster risk management research, in particular, to provide solutions to reduce the risks from natural disasters and develop sustainabilities at the local, national, regional, and global levels.
For this Special Issue, we aim at soliciting contributions on sustainable development and disaster risk reduction in the following key areas: natural hazards, infrastructure, and climate change.
We especially welcome and encourage researchers from developing countries, women, and underrepresented minorities to contribute to this Special Issue.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Water.
Dr. Lu Zhuo
Prof. Dr. Dawei Han
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- disaster risk management
- sustainable development
- climate change
- natural hazards
- infrastructure
