Flood Hazard and Risk in Urban Areas

Dear Colleagues,

Floods continue to be a natural hazard process causing significant social, environmental and economic impacts worldwide, despite the deep knowledge that exists regarding the various drivers that explain flood-related disasters. This is partly due to the complexity associated with the scale at which physical processes occur—basin scale inter-acting with the floodplain scale—in respect to the hazard, but also regarding the social and territorial factors that shape exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity, emergency response and recovery.

In this Special Issue titled “Flood hazard and risk in urban areas”, particular attention is devoted to urban areas, without neglecting the role of the respective contributing areas.

We encourage the submission of literature reviews, research papers and methodologically relevant case studies on the following topics:

• Complementarity of flood hazard assessment methods (geological, geomorphological, hydrological and hydraulic approaches);
• Requirements and contribution of flood loss databases in improving flood hazard and risk evaluations;
• Accounting for paleofloods in urban areas;
• Enhancement of global flood hazard and risk models in urban areas;
• Accommodating climate change effects in flood hazard and risk in urban areas;
• Impact of spatial planning policies and land use practices in reducing/increasing flood hazard and risk in urban areas;
• Flood early warning systems and Earth Observation monitoring for urban areas.

Dr. Pedro Pinto Santos
Guest Editor

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