Sustainable Management of Multi-Hazard Natural Disasters and Industrial Accidents
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Health, Well-Being and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026 | Viewed by 113
Special Issue Editors
Interests: safety science; risk assessment; emergency management; NATECH events
Interests: multi-hazard risk; NATECH events; large-scale fire; risk management
Interests: risk assessment; process safety; resilience of critical infrastructures; domino effect
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change, human health, industry, and infrastructure have been listed as important elements in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. In recent years, the increasing impacts of climate change and rapid urbanization have added new layers of complexity to multi-hazard risks, including natural disasters and industrial accidents. Increasingly frequent and intensive emergencies, including heavy rain, hurricanes/typhoons, heatwaves, and severe convection weather, have increased the likelihood and randomness of multi-hazard scenarios, such as NATECH (natural hazard-triggered technological accidents) events and domino accidents. The emerging multi-hazard risks pose a threat to human health, industrial development, and infrastructure management in urban and rural areas. Also, the advent of new technologies such as hydrogen energy, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Internet of Things (IoT) has transformed urban operations and infrastructure management. These innovations also introduce emerging hazards such as hydrogen explosions, automatic system failures, and cybersecurity threats.
Recently, the multi-hazard risks in urban and rural areas have caught the attention of administrators and sparked research interest from scholars worldwide. This Special Issue aims to organize related publications, showing the growing trend of multi-hazard research, and contributing to the sustainable development goals. This Special Issue calls for research articles and review articles focused on the modeling and management of multi-hazard disasters and accidents, as well as other topics surrounding the risk reduction and emergency management.
Dr. Zhichao He
Dr. Meng Lan
Dr. Yiping Bai
Prof. Dr. Ana María Cruz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- multi-hazard risk
- NATECH event
- domino effect
- risk assessment
- accident prevention
- disaster reduction
- emergency management
- public safety
- infrastructure resilience
- urban sustainability
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