Land Use/Land Cover and Natural Hazards: Interactions, Changes, and Impacts, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past few decades, the risks due to natural hazards have increased significantly due to changes in climate as well as land use/land cover (LULC), which are both triggered mainly by anthropic pressure on landscapes, i.e., urbanization, forest management practices, agricultural practices, and the like. Climate and LULC change contribute significantly to changes in the frequency, variability, or magnitude of natural hazards, such as floods, landslides, erosion, and so on.   

Constant progress in remote sensing (RS) allows for the rapid collection of information about the landscape, namely LULC, of adequate quality and accuracy. Geographic information system (GIS), in turn, represents a tool for processing, modeling, analyzing, and synthesizing spatial data. In addition, RS and GIS play an essential role in natural hazards mapping, monitoring, and assessment.

Therefore, the focus of this Special Issue is to gather and present the current knowledge on the interactions between LULC and natural hazards and to study the impacts of LULC changes/scenarios on the occurrence of natural hazards, as well as vice versa – the impacts of natural hazards on LULC and society at various spatial scales (from local to global). Tackling these issues has the potential to help risk managers and decision-makers to adopt appropriate mitigation/adaptation actions and resilient preparedness and response.

Authors are encouraged to submit innovative and original contributions in the following priority areas, but not exclusively:

• Change in historical and present LULC and its impact on natural hazards,
• LULC future scenario modeling and its impact on the occurrence of natural hazards,
• Impact of natural hazards on LULC and society.

Dr. Matej Vojtek
Dr. Andrea Petroselli
Dr. Raffaele Pelorosso
Guest Editors

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