Advances in Urban Flood Modeling: Exploring the Impacts of Land Use, Climate Change, and Green Infrastructure on Flood Risks and Mitigation Strategies
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Land–Climate Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 14 October 2025 | Viewed by 881
Special Issue Editors
Interests: land use; urban flood; green infrastructure; urban expansion; waterlogging
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Interests: natural hazards; historical seismicity; historical floods; historical landslides; disaster response; natural hazard insurance; natural hazards and cultural heritage; heritage science; bibliometrics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Urban flood is a frequent and severe disaster that occurs in major cities worldwide, causing socioeconomic and environmental losses that hinder sustainable development. Governments have proposed various policies for addressing urban flood problems. For example, the United States has recommended the implementation of the “Low Impact Development” strategy, and China promotes sponge city planning. In this regard, clarifying the factors affecting urban floods is fundamental for sustainable land management. In fact, the effectiveness of these actions relies greatly on having a clear overview of the factors influencing urban floods. Previous studies have shown that urban flood is significantly affected by both natural and anthropogenic factors.
Therefore, the goal of this Special Issue is to collect papers (original research articles and review papers) that provide insights on the recent advances in urban flood modeling. In particular, this Special Issue aims to explore the impacts of urban development, climate change, and green infrastructure on flood risks and mitigation strategies.
This Special Issue welcomes manuscripts that cover the following themes:
- Relationship between land use changes and urban floods;
- Relationship between land use patterns and urban floods;
- Future urban flood risk simulation and prediction;
- Impact of land use management on flood risk mitigation strategies.
We look forward to receiving your original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Jinyao Lin
Dr. Fabrizio Terenzio Gizzi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- urban flood
- waterlogging
- land use
- urban expansion
- impervious surface
- green infrastructure
- historical flood investigations
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