Natural Hazard Assessment and Disaster Management Using Remote Sensing

Dear Colleagues,

Critical infrastructure systems provide essential services to modern societies. A wide range of socioeconomic sectors, from public health to energy and transportation, rely on the operation of critical infrastructure (e.g. hospitals, dams, pipelines, transport networks, etc.). To avoid unexpected interruptions in the operation of critical infrastructure and to reduce disaster risk due to extreme events (e.g. earthquakes), it is vital to be aware of the condition and serviceability of these systems. Monitoring infrastructure addresses the urgent need to detect unsafe conditions or issues that require appropriate corrective measures at the early stages (prevention phase). Possible failures can cause great disasters with enormous social, economic, and ecological costs.

This means that the safety and security of these are imperative. Space-based Earth Observation data and methods support Disaster Risk Reduction activities and additionally allows for a competent workforce that will be recruited by local, regional and national authorities. In recent years, significant progress has been made for the innovative exploitation of Earth Observation data and technology.

The Special Issue “Natural Hazard Assessment and Disaster Management Using Remote Sensing” is jointly organized between “Remote Sensing” and “Earth” journals. Contributors are required to check the website below and follow the specific instructions for authors:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/instructions
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/earth/instructions

The other special issue could be found at:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/earth/special_issues/Hazard_Assessment

Prof. Dr. Issaak Parcharidis
Prof. Dr. Fulong Chen
Dr. Olga Markogiannaki
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Remote Sensing is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.