Innovative Technologies and Strategies in Disaster Management, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Hazards and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 2812
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supply chain and logistics management; disaster resilience; emergency management
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Interests: multi-agent systems and agent-based simulation; tsunami simulation; evacuation simulation; remote sensing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Due to climate change and population growth, disasters are becoming more frequent and severe than before and affecting more people. Currently, since it is a difficult task for humans to react to disasters quickly, efforts have been made to recognize and forecast hazards, assess damage impact, and bounce back (or forward) to a new equilibrium. Creating systems to predict, prevent, and efficiently respond to disasters is becoming an urgent priority. In addition, it is necessary to develop effective management strategies and good practices to strengthen communities and co-create disaster resilience.
Recent technological developments include but are not limited to wireless sensor networks, drones, mobile phones, digital twins, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, big data, machine learning, and social media. These technologies are essential in disaster management, enhancing prediction, assessment, and response. Furthermore, since disaster information and data are usually widely distributed and owned by different agencies, efficiently organizing and sharing resources becomes troublesome.
Thus, this Special Issue aims to encourage scholars and experts to report on strategies for effectively using innovative technologies in any or all stages of the disaster cycle. This Special Issue seeks to tackle the barriers encountered in utilizing innovative technologies and contribute to discussing and designing policy implications that may improve disaster risk reduction.
Proposed manuscripts are expected to significantly contribute to the literature and provide specific practical support to disaster relief agencies based on solid research and good-quality data.
Dr. Sasha Zhijie Dong
Dr. Erick Mas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- disaster management
- emerging technologies
- data exchange
- policy implications
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