Land | Invitation to Read Papers and Hot Topic Special Issues Related to Flood Risk and Ecological Resilience
We are delighted to share some papers on flood risk and ecological resilience research that were published in our journal Land (ISSN 2073-445X) from 2024 to 2026. In addition, some Special Issues related to this topic are currently open for submission.
The following is a list of articles and Special Issues that we believe will interest you:
1. “Mapping Tools for Flood Risk Rescue and Assistance Management”
by Juan Francisco Sortino Barrionuevo, Hugo Castro Noblejas and Matías Francisco Mérida Rodríguez
Land 2024, 13(1), 68; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010068
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/1/68
2. “Integrated Flood Impact and Vulnerability Assessment Using a Multi-Sensor Earth Observation Mission with the Perspective of an Operational Service in Lombardy, Italy”
by Margherita Righini, Ignacio Gatti, Andrea Taramelli, Marcello Arosio, Emiliana Valentini, Serena Sapio and Emma Schiavon
Land 2024, 13(2), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13020140
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/2/140
3. “Climate Change May Increase the Impact of Coastal Flooding on Carbon Storage in China’s Coastal Terrestrial Ecosystems”
by Shuyu Yang, Jiaju Lin and Xiongzhi Xue
Land 2024, 13(11), 1871; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13111871
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/11/1871
4. “Effects of Environmental Changes on Flood Patterns in the Jing River Basin: A Case Study from the Loess Plateau, China”
by Jiqiang Lyu, Yuhao Yang, Shanshan Yin, Zhizhou Yang, Zhaohui Zhou, Yan Wang, Pingping Luo, Meng Jiao and Aidi Huo
Land 2024, 13(12), 2053; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122053
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2053
5. “Advancing Urban Flood Resilience: A Systematic Review of Urban Flood Risk Mitigation Model, Research Trends, and Future Directions”
by Anahita Azadgar, Lucyna Nyka and Stefano Salata
Land 2024, 13(12), 2138; https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122138
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/13/12/2138
6. “Participatory Land Planning, Community Land Trusts, and Managed Retreat: Transforming Informality and Building Resilience to Flood Risk in Puerto Rico’s Caño Martín Peña”
by Ivis García and Leslie Martínez-Román
Land 2025, 14(3), 485; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14030485
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/3/485
7. “Practical Steps for Urban Flood Risk Mitigation Using Nature-Based Solutions—A Case Study in New Cairo, Egypt”
by Walaa S. E. Ismaeel and Nada Ali Mustafa
Land 2025, 14(3), 586; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14030586
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/3/586
8. “Integrating Blue–Green Infrastructure with Gray Infrastructure for Climate-Resilient Surface Water Flood Management in the Plain River Networks”
by Liqing Zhu, Chi Gao, Mianzhi Wu and Ruiming Zhu
Land 2025, 14(3), 634; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14030634
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/3/634
9. “Integrating Planning Theory with Socio-Ecological-Technological Systems for Urban Flood Risk Management: A Case Study of Chiba Prefecture, Japan”
by Yujeong Lee, Kiyoyasu Tanaka and Chang-Yu Hong
Land 2025, 14(9), 1754; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14091754
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/9/1754
10. “Assessment of Coastal Compound Flooding in Tropical Catchment: Saltwater Creek Catchment in Australia”
by Sher B. Gurung, Robert J. Wasson, Michael Bird and Ben Jarihani
Land 2025, 14(9), 1898; https://doi.org/10.3390/land14091898
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/14/9/1898
11. “Horizontal Ecological Compensation for Ecosystem Services Based on the Perspective of Flood-Sediment Transport, Eco-Environmental and Socio-Economic Subsystems”
by Ni Geng, Guiliang Tian and Hengquan Zhang
Land 2026, 15(1), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15010111
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/1/111
12. “Stage-Dependent Evolution of Floodplain Landscapes in the Lower Yellow River Under Dam Regulation”
by Xiaohong Wei, Zechen Wang, Shengyan Ding and Shiliang Liu
Land 2026, 15(1), 121; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15010121
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/1/121
13. “Assessing Urban Flood Resilience in the Low-Elevation Capital, Georgetown, Guyana: A Principal Component Analysis-Driven Census-Based Index”
by Dwayne Shorlon Renville, Chingwen Cheng, Linda Francois, Bunnel Bernard and Netra Chhetri
Land 2026, 15(3), 467; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15030467
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/3/467
14. “Long-Term Assessment of Urban Flood Resilience and Identification of Obstacles: A Case Study of Sichuan, China (2011–2023)”
by Renjie Tian, Bingwei Tian, Sainan Li, Basanta Raj Adhikari, Ling Wang, Xiaolong Luo, Wei Xie and Joseph Kimuli Balikuddembe
Land 2026, 15(4), 614; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15040614
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/4/614
15. “Flood Susceptibility Modeling Using MCDA–AHP and Multitemporal Dynamics Analysis—Case Study: The Banat Hydrographic Area (Romania)”
by Loredana Copăcean, Luminiţa L. Cojocariu, Cosmin Alin Popescu, Codruţa Bădăluţă-Minda, Adina Horablaga, Tudor Pisculidis and Mihai Valentin Herbei
Land 2026, 15(5), 724; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15050724
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/5/724
16. “Urban Morphology in Urban Flood Risk Prediction: A Deep Learning Framework for Resilient Planning”
by Yuguan Zhang, Siyi Qin and Yang Xiao
Land 2026, 15(5), 889; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15050889
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/5/889
17. “Mapping Urban Flood Susceptibility to Support Climate Resilience: A GIS–AHP Approach in a Mediterranean Metropolitan Context”
by Vasilis Lazaridis and Dionysis Latinopoulos
Land 2026, 15(6), 1089; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15061089
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/6/1089
18. “Balancing Flood Hazard and Livelihood: A GIS–AHP–WLC Framework with Non-Monotonic River Scoring for Resilient Resettlement in Beledweyne, Somalia”
by In-Seok Heo, Jisung Kim, Hong-Sik Yun and Seung-Jun Lee
Land 2026, 15(7), 1275; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15071275
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/7/1275
19. “Flood Susceptibility, Agricultural Land Vulnerability, and Landscape Structure Modeling Using GIS-Based Multicriteria Analysis in an Experimental Micro-Watershed”
by Carmen Elena Maftei, Luminiţa L. Cojocariu and Loredana Copăcean
Land 2026, 15(7), 1303; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15071303
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/7/1303
20. “Facing the Tide: How Can Woollahra’s Urban Planning Outsmart Flood Risks?”
by Yuan Qi, Juaneé Cilliers, Catherine Gilbert and Sumita Ghosh
Land 2026, 15(8), 1390; https://doi.org/10.3390/land15081390
Available online: http://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/15/8/1390
Special Issues:
- “Advances in Urban Hydrological Modeling and Stormwater Management for Hydrological Hazard Mitigation”
Guest Editors: Mohammed N. Assaf, Hazem Abdo and Qasem Abdelal
Submission deadline: 30 December 2026
- “Integrated Approaches for Sustainable Soil and Water Management”
Guest Editors: Nikola Živanović, Carla Sofia Santos Ferreira and Marijana Kapović-Solomun
Submission deadline: 15 February 2027
