Sustainable Strategies for Enhancing Urban Resilience Against Disaster Risks
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Hazards and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2026
Special Issue Editors
Interests: urban resilience; structural reinforcement; reliability analysis; urban disaster prevention
Interests: railway infrastructure; vehicle-track interaction; simulation; reliability analysis
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Interests: composite materials and structures; structural intervention; sustainable construction materials; durability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In light of rapid urbanization and the growing demand for urban resilience, it has become crucial to ensure the long-term safety, stability, and reliable operation of urban systems. Natural disasters and man-made actions are considered threats that generate uncertainty. Urban areas need to respond more quickly and effectively to anticipate and mitigate potential consequences and dangers. The current state of knowledge highlights the need for a quantitative characterization and balanced regulation of disaster resilience throughout the service life of these systems. Despite significant advancements, there remain gaps in understanding the stochastic evolution behavior of urban infrastructure systems and the integration of intelligent operation and sustainable maintenance strategies. Addressing these gaps is essential for enhancing the resilience and efficiency of urban and urban infrastructure systems.
This Special Issue will focus on new theories and technologies in the field of intelligent operation and maintenance of infrastructure systems. To gather further insights into the intelligent operation and maintenance of infrastructure systems, we welcome articles addressing, themes including, but not limited to, the following:
- Smart disaster prevention and mitigation;
- Advanced numerical simulation of dynamic behavior of railway infrastructure;
- Green construction and sustainable maintenance;
- Smart planning and design.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Qiang Zhang
Prof. Dr. Lei Xu
Dr. Biao Hu
Prof. Dr. Jiann-Wen Woody Ju
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable strategies
- urban resilience
- disaster prevention and mitigation
- risk
- dynamic behavior
- intelligent operation and maintenance
- advanced numerical methods
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