Flood Risk Assessment and Resilience for Sustainability
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 2052
Special Issue Editors
Interests: applied geomorphology; flood hazards; soil erosion; groundwater; forest resources; wetland ecosystem; environmental contaminants & pollution; natural resources mapping & modelling
Interests: fluvial geomorphology; environmental planning; river restoration; sustainable floodplain management; urban flood; social and biophysical connectivity of rivers; sustainable management of sediment in rivers and reservoirs
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the 21st century, more population explosion and anthropogenic stress are vital problems in the global scale and having reflected crucial effects on our environment. Floods and flash floods with hydro-meteorological and tropical cyclones with coastal region are the most devastating natural disasters causing massive damages to natural and man-made features. Flood hazards is a major threat to human life (injure or death of man and animal life), properties (agricultural area, yield production, building, and homes) and infrastructures (bridges, roads, railways, urban infrastructures). The damage that can occur due to such disaster leads to huge economic loss and bring pathogens into urban environments that cause microbial development and diseases. The natural and social hazards are discontinuing the development of human society and sustainability. In this context, flood hazards susceptibility assessment; risk mapping and modeling are an essential step for the early warning system, emergency services, prevention and mitigation of future environmental and social hazards and implementation of risk reduction strategies.
Studies may address, but are not limited to, the following:
- Application of Geo-spatial techniques for flood hazards mapping
- Hydro-meteorological approaches
- Quantification of the magnitude of flood hazards
- Spatial modeling of flood hazards and prediction
- Accountable of socio-economic impact
- Community participatory management policies
- Nuclear techniques to combat climate change and reduced flood damages
Best regards,
Dr. Pravat Kumar Shit
Dr. Aznarul Islam
Dr. Biswajit Bera
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flood vulnerability assessment
- remote sensing data
- application of hybrid machine learning algorithms
- GIS based hydrological and hydraulic models
- rural-urban differential in flood vulnerability
- community preparedness for flood management strategies
- urban flood management
