Hazards and Sustainability
A section of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Section Information
The purpose of the section is to study and manage hazards and reduce the damage they create. Hazards can be natural, anthropogenic, or a combination of the two. Natural hazards can be classified into several broad categories: geological, hydrological, and meteorological hazards. Anthropogenic hazards mainly include fires and acid rain.
Disasters are taking a heavy toll and affecting individuals, communities, and countries worldwide. In response to hazards, we must carry out disaster risk management to reduce disaster risks and enhance resilience.
Keywords
- Natural hazards and sustainability:
- Geological hazards: earthquakes, landslides, debris flow, flash floods, volcanoes, collapses, rock falls, etc.
- Hydrological hazards: floods, droughts, marine disasters, tsunamis, storm surges, etc.
- Meteorological hazards: severe weather, storms, hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, sandstorms, climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, lightning, heavy fog, haze, hailstones, etc.
- Anthropogenic hazards and sustainability: fires, acid rain, etc.
- Disaster risk management and sustainability: resilience, reconstruction, emergency management, safety engineering, natural hazard assessment, disaster mitigation, sustainable risk management, disaster risk reduction, post-disaster recovery/restoration, disaster resilient communities, etc.
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Sustainable Risk Management and Safety in Coal Mine (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Climate Change and Sustainable Disaster Management (Deadline: 15 June 2023)
- Achieving Disaster Resilient Communities (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Disaster Risk Reduction: In Support of the Sendai Framework and Improved Societal Well-Being (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Post-disaster Recovery from a Sustainability Perspective (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Flood Risk Assessment Using Deep Learning and State-of-the-Art Machine Learning (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- System Risk, Reliability, and Resilience Assessment for Sustainability (Deadline: 10 July 2023)
- Coastal Hazards and Safety (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
- Mining Risk and Safety Management (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
- Environmental Management and Governance: Approaches to Hazards and Sustainability to Socio-Ecological Systems (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Hydraulic Engineering Modeling and Technology (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Sustainable Weed Control under Climate Change (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Towards Resilient Infrastructure (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Urban Resilience and Critical Infrastructure (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Predictive Modeling through Earth Observational Data Analysis for Natural Hazards Risk Assessment and Disaster Management (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Tsunami and Storm Surge Early Warning for Disaster Mitigation (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Environmental Exposure, Risk Assessment and Public Health (Deadline: 20 September 2023)
- Relationships between Climatic Variables and Earthquake Events, Finding a Sustainable Way in the Earthquake Prediction (Deadline: 21 September 2023)
- New Progress in Earthquake Engineering and Natural Disaster Exploration (Deadline: 23 September 2023)
- Geological Hazards and Risk Management (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Earthquake Engineering and Disaster Management (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Disaster Analysis of Buildings and Infrastructure for Sustainable Interventions (Deadline: 7 October 2023)
- Hydrometeorological Risk Assessment for Sustainable Urban Environment (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Emergency Management and Disaster Perceptions: Revisiting Attitudes and Behaviors in an Era of New Hazard Agents and Profiles (Deadline: 16 October 2023)
- Public Health and Health Emergency Disaster Risk Management during and Post COVID-19 Era (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Geotechnical Disaster Risk Mitigation and Sustainable Development in Complex Geo-Environment (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Sustainability of Post-Disaster Recovery (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Sustainable Study on Landslide Disasters and Restoration (Deadline: 24 October 2023)
- Sea-Level Rising—Coastal Vulnerability and Adaptation Management (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Coal and Rock Dynamic Disaster Monitor and Prevention (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Innovative Technologies and Strategies in Disaster Management (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- A Perfect Storm: Natural Disasters and Climate Change (Deadline: 1 November 2023)
- Geological Hazards Monitoring and Prevention (Deadline: 2 November 2023)
- Intelligent Technologies for Understanding and Controlling the Impact of Geological Disasters on Construction (Deadline: 2 November 2023)
- Sustainable Disaster Risk Management: Transformative and Resilient Practices (Deadline: 6 November 2023)
- Seismic Resilience of Urban Environments (Deadline: 8 November 2023)
- Remote Sensing for Hydrological Monitoring and Disaster Risk Assessment (Deadline: 9 November 2023)
- Strategies for Natural Disasters: From Engineering Works to Mitigation and Adaptation Plans (Deadline: 9 November 2023)
- Risk Analysis and Protection Engineering of Geological Hazards (Deadline: 13 November 2023)
- Advances in Coal Mine Disasters Prevention (Deadline: 29 November 2023)
- Earthquake Engineering Technology and Its Application (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Prevention and Control of Coal Mine Gas Disasters (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Smart Flood Resilience Integrating AI and Hydraulic and Horologic Modeling (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Risk Analysis, Prevention and Control of Ground-Based Hazards (Deadline: 26 December 2023)
- Empowering Disaster Management with Remote Sensing and Social Sensing Advances (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Integrated Geographies of Risk, Natural Hazards and Sustainability (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Natural Disasters: Modelling, Monitoring, Management and Mitigation Procedures (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- "Acting Together" for Safer and Sustainable Communities: Unveiling the Value and the Need of Transdisciplinary, Participatory and Nexus Approaches (DG REGIO CITI4GREEN) (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Risk Assessment of Landslides Based on Multi-Source Data and Machine Learning (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Utilizing Advanced Spatial Analysis and Machine Learning Methods for Natural Hazard Assessments (Deadline: 10 January 2024)
- Near-Fault Seismic Hazard Characterization and Risk Assessment of Structures (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Assessments (Deadline: 31 January 2024)
- Achieving and Communicating Sustainability in Geotechnical Design (Deadline: 15 February 2024)
- Risk and Resilience Analysis of Road Tunnels (Deadline: 1 March 2024)
- Landslides in Urban Environments: Monitoring, Impact Mitigation and Resilient Enhancement (Deadline: 20 April 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
