Advances in Disaster Prevention and Resilience for Cold Regions Engineering
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 November 2026 | Viewed by 123
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cold regions engineering; pile foundations; freeze–thaw action; geophysical surveys; two-phase closed thermosyphons
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Interests: seasonally frozen regions; expansive soils; combined effects of freeze–thaw and snowmelt; macro–meso–micro coupling mechanisms; disaster prevention methods
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Interests: cold regions engineering; mechanics of coarse-grained soils; mine waste management; mine environmental protection; hydrogeotechnical behavior of waste rock piles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue focuses on the health and hazard control of engineering in cold regions.
The harsh climatic conditions in cold regions—characterized by intense freeze–thaw cycles, permafrost degradation, and snow/ice loads—severely threaten engineering safety and durability, leading to geohazards and structural damage. Concurrently, engineering activities introduce thermal disturbance and potential pollution, further stressing these fragile ecosystems. Understanding the complex interactions between engineering and the dynamic cold-region environment is crucial for developing sustainable infrastructure. This interdisciplinary endeavor integrates knowledge from geotechnical engineering, structural mechanics, material science, advanced monitoring technologies, and other related disciplines. Advancing research in this field provides the necessary theoretical and practical foundation for the future of cold regions engineering.
This Special Issue aims to present the latest research and innovative solutions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Characteristics, evolution mechanisms, and modeling of engineering hazards in cold regions;
- Site investigation, detection, mapping, and engineering geological zoning techniques for cold regions;
- Design theories, materials, and construction methods for resilient engineering in cold regions;
- Long-term performance monitoring, health diagnosis, and early-warning assessment in cold regions engineering;
- Environmental impacts, site contamination, ecological risk assessment, and mitigation strategies related to cold regions engineering.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Buildings.
Dr. Yunhu Shang
Dr. Shengyi Cong
Dr. Peiyong Qiu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cold regions engineering
- disaster prevention
- freeze–thaw cycles
- frost heaving
- thaw settlement
- permafrost degradation
- resilient design
- engineering surveying and mapping
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