Sustainable Risk Management and Resilient Infrastructure
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 9 September 2026 | Viewed by 619
Special Issue Editors
Interests: probabilistic risk assessment; structural dynamics; fragility; hazard; finite element analysis; earthquake engineering; climate change
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Interests: structural dynamics; probabilistic risk assessment; engineering optimization; Bayesian statistics; artificial intelligence
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Interests: shake table tests; seismic performance evaluation; fragility; finite element analysis; structural dynamics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As natural and anthropogenic hazards intensify, managing risks sustainably and ensuring the resilience of infrastructure are critical emerging challenges. This Special Issue focuses on evaluating and managing the risks posed by hazards such as earthquakes, floods, extreme winds, and combined events, especially for structures, equipment, and interconnected systems.
We aim to encourage interdisciplinary research which can be applied to clarify hazard interactions, structural and systemic fragilities, and resilience-based design. Submissions integrating probabilistic risk assessments, fragility modeling, resilience metrics, and risk-informed strategies are especially welcome.
Aligned with the scope of Sustainability, this Special Issue highlights the topics of engineering robustness, seismic safety, climate adaptation, and resilient infrastructure management. We seek theoretical and practical contributions that support the sustainable reduction of disaster risk.
We invite submissions of original research and reviews from civil, structural, environmental, mechanical, nuclear, and systems engineering, as well as from experts in urban planning, infrastructure management, climate science, and disaster risk policy. Interdisciplinary submissions that bridge the fields of engineering, data science, and policy are encouraged.
Dr. Seunghyun Eem
Dr. Shinyoung Kwag
Dr. Bub-Gyu Jeon
Dr. Jae-Wook Jung
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable infrastructure
- risk
- seismic risk
- climate-induced hazards
- multi-hazard
- probabilistic risk assessment
- fragility analysis
- disaster risk reduction
- structural safety
- resilience metrics
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