Water-Related Disasters in Adaptation to Climate Change
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 814
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flood protection; climate change adaptation; water resource management; land-slide protection; disaster risk reduction; investment in disaster risk reduction
Interests: urban disaster; local governance; climate change
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue addresses the critical intersection of water-related disasters and climate change adaptation strategies, presenting cutting-edge research that examines the complex challenges facing global communities. As climate change intensifies and destabilizes hydrological cycles, regions around the world are experiencing unprecedented and increasingly frequent shifts in precipitation patterns, extreme weather events, and water resource availability. This Special Issue aims to explore comprehensive and transdisciplinary approaches to understanding, anticipating, adapting, and responding to water-related disasters, including floods, droughts, sea level rise, landslides, and water scarcity.
This Special Issue will cover a wide range of critical and emerging topics, including the following:
- Innovative risk reduction strategies for water-related disasters;
- Advanced modeling and predictive techniques for extreme hydrological events;
- Resilient community-based adaptation mechanisms;
- Nature-based solutions and green infrastructure for water-related disaster management;
- Comprehensive socio-economic impact assessments of water-related disasters;
- Cutting-edge technological innovations for early warning systems;
- Adaptive policy frameworks for climate change response;
- Strategic approaches to investing in disaster risk reduction;
- Integrative and transdisciplinary approaches to water-related disaster management.
By bringing together diverse perspectives and methodologies, this Special Issue will support policymakers, researchers, and practitioners in developing more effective, holistic, and adaptive approaches to climate change mitigation and disaster risk management.
Dr. Mikio Ishiwatari
Dr. Akhilesh Surjan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change adaptation
- mobilizing climate change finance
- flood protection
- transdisciplinary approach
- pub-lic–private-partnership
- community-based disaster risk reduction
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