Pathways to Urban Sustainability and Natural Hazards Management
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Hazards and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 4751
Special Issue Editors
Interests: GIS; geological mapping; environmental geology; natural hazards; land use planning
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Interests: natural hazards; urban planning; geomorphology; modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, urban areas have shown very high growth. At present, more than 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and this percentage will increase to about 70% by 2050. This rise will cause continued urban sprawl and development.
On the other hand, urban growth has been associated with negative impacts in the environment, such as increased energy use, pollution, traffic congestion, overconsumption of natural resources, biodiversity loss, and a decline in community cohesiveness. Moreover, urban sprawl can increase natural hazard occurrences and the impact of natural disasters worldwide.
The scope of this Special Issue is to present scientific pathways leading to urban sustainability and natural hazard management. Addressing and resolving environmental challenges as well as proper natural hazard management in urban areas are very important to ensure the good quality of life of citizens.
Original research articles and reviews are welcome in this Special Issue. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Air, water and soil pollution/degradation, waste, hazardous materials incidents, pipelines, radiological events, transportation, salinization, desertification, fires, land use changes, dam failure, natural resource depletion, coastline changes, loss of biodiversity in urban areas;
- Sustainable urban areas: land use, urban planning, climate changes, natural resource supply, renewable sources of energy, ecosystem and farmland protection, innovative building construction and transportation, smart buildings, smart cities, education, practices and strategies;
- All types of atmospheric, hydrologic, geologic and geomorphologic phenomena which could be hazardous and affect human life and activities in urban areas,
- Natural hazard mapping, risk assessment, prevention, protective actions, education, innovative risk management technology, preparedness, response, recovery, and treatment.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Hariklia D. Skilodimou
Dr. George D. Bathrellos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban areas
- environmental challenges
- natural resources
- natural hazards
- sustainability management
- urban planning
- mapping hazard and risk assessment
- innovative technology
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