Smart Sensors and Technologies for Natural Hazards Mitigation and Disasters Managements
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 10984
Special Issue Editors
Interests: earthquake seismology; seismic sensors and networks; smart technology for earthquake monitoring; seismogram analysis; advanced methods of seismological data processing
Interests: earthquake seismology; seismic sensors and networks; smart technology for earthquake monitoring; seismogram analysis; advanced methods of seismological data processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The more and more frequent occurrence of natural disasters has contributed to increasing general attention to the study and mitigation of natural hazards. The climate changes, the profound alterations of the territory, and the increasingly widespread urbanization have significantly influenced the impact of some types of extreme natural events (e.g., earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, extreme weather events, ciclones, landslides, floods, etc.) leading to an increase in the risks associated and, as a consequence, of the often devastating impact on human life and on infrastructures.
In the last few decades, smart sensors and novely technological systems have been developed to face these issues. The advent of various smart technologies has paved the way for the realization of new infrastructures and applications for smart cities. Due to their cost effectiveness and rapid deployment, smart sensors and networks can be used for securing smart cities by providing remote monitoring and sensing for many critical scenarios.
This Special Issue aims to collect contributions on smart sensors and monitoring networks, as well as novel technologies and approaches in early warning, surveillance, and post-event damage assessment in case of extreme events or natural disasters. Contributions presenting new devices and their applications in smart city for the prevention and mitigation of natural hazards will be welcome. Contributions concerning innovative algorithms (e.g., signal processing, big data analysis, machine learning, etc.) for the real-time analysis of signals recorded by smart networks will also be considered.
Dr. Antonino D'Alessandro
Dr. Salvatore Scudero
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- smart sensors, devices and technologies
- mobile devices and Internet of Things
- smart network for smart cities
- extreme natural events
- natural disasters mitigation
- structural health monitoring
- early warning
- damage assessment
- innovative algorithms
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