Mitigating Hydrologically Induced Slope Failures Through Nature-Based Solutions
A special issue of Hydrology (ISSN 2306-5338). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology–Climate Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 555
Editors
Interests: unsaturated soil mechanics; THM; slope instability; plant–soil interactions; environmental geotechnics; climate change
Interests: unsaturated soil mechanics; eco and environmental geotechnics; low-carbon disposal and utilisation of solid waste; geotechnical disasters prevention and risk-driven warning; lifecycle resilience and intelligent perception of geotechnical engineering
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Interests: geotechnical risk and reliability; resilience assessment; uncertainty quantification; deep learning; eco-geotechnics; rainfall-induced landslides
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydrologically induced slope failures, including shallow landslides and surface erosion, are major natural hazards driven by rainfall, infiltration, runoff, and subsurface flow. These processes threaten lives, infrastructure, and ecosystems, especially in mountainous and weather-sensitive regions. While conventional engineering solutions have long been employed for slope stabilization, they may be costly, environmentally disruptive, and less adaptive to long-term landscape dynamics.
In recent years, nature-based solutions (NbS) have emerged as sustainable and multifunctional alternatives or complements to conventional techniques. This Special Issue invites contributions that explore the application, evaluation, and innovation of NbS for managing hydrologically driven slope instability and landslide risks. Topics of interest include vegetation-based reinforcement, soil bioengineering, eco-hydrological processes, land management practices, and hybrid green–gray infrastructure. We especially welcome interdisciplinary submissions that combine hydrology, geotechnics, ecology, and socio-economic analysis.
Through this Special Issue, we aim to advance the scientific understanding and practical implementation of NbS, highlight their long-term benefits, and identify knowledge gaps for future research in the context of climate change and increasing landscape vulnerability.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Qi Zhang
Prof. Dr. Haowen Guo
Dr. Chuanxiang Qu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nature-based solutions
- slope instability
- shallow landslides
- rainfall-induced failure
- surface erosion
- subsurface flow/piping
- vegetation reinforcement
- bioengineering
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