Assessment and Monitoring of Landslides and Other Natural Hazards for Resilient Land-Use Planning
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land Use, Impact Assessment and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 1280
Editors
Interests: landslides; landslide mapping; geomorphological mapping; spatial databases
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Interests: landslides; subsidence; monitoring; vulnerability; InSAR; modelling; risk analysis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: landslide; subsidence; risk; geotechnics; monitoring; remote sensing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: landslides; landslide mapping; geomorphological mapping
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Landslides and other natural hazards, such as floods, represent some of the most pressing challenges in the management of our environments and, when combined with increasing anthropogenic pressure, can lead to elevated levels of risk. On the other hand, resilient land-use planning integrates scientific knowledge on susceptibility and hazard into decision-making processes, guiding the spatial allocation of remediations, activities and infrastructures according to acceptable risk levels. This approach can be based on different techniques, such as detailed geomorphological mapping, susceptibility analyses, climate studies, multi-temporal monitoring and the use of predictive models to identify unstable areas and possible evolution scenarios. By restricting or regulating development in high-hazard zones, promoting adaptive land management practices and enhancing early warning and emergency planning, land-use planning becomes a proactive tool for risk mitigation rather than a reactive response to disasters.
This Special Issue aims to bring together scientific contributions that address landslides and other natural hazards, with specific focus on their implications for resilient land-use planning. The objective is to promote integrated approaches that link the analysis of geomorphological and geotechnical processes with operational tools supporting decision-making and are capable of guiding risk-aware as well as sustainable territorial management.
Contributions may include, but are not limited to:
- landslide susceptibility, hazard and risk assessment studies;
- impacts of climate change on slope instability and landslide dynamics;
- interactions between landslides, strategic infrastructure and urban systems;
- multi-sensor monitoring techniques and multi-temporal analyses;
- predictive modelling and evolutionary scenarios;
- the integration of hazard information into land-use planning, zoning and territorial governance.
Studies presenting innovative methodologies, applied case studies and best practices in risk reduction and adaptive planning are particularly encouraged.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Mario Valiante
Dr. Gianfranco Nicodemo
Dr. Dario Peduto
Prof. Dr. Domenico Guida
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- landslide
- natural hazard
- land-use planning
- susceptibility
- monitoring
- hazard
- risk
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