Climate Change Impacts on Landslide Activity
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2026 | Viewed by 135
Special Issue Editors
Interests: engineering geology; coseismic landslide; shallow landslide; landslide mechanism; monitoring and early warning; numerical simulation; hydrological processes; geo-logical hazards of oil and gas pipelines; intelligent engineering geology
Interests: engineering geology; reservoir landslide; clustered shallow landslides; rock mass structure; artificial intelligence; risk forecasting; monitoring and early warning; disaster chain; remote sensing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Climate change is increasingly being recognized as a critical driver of landslide activity worldwide. Changes in precipitation patterns, temperature extremes, permafrost thaw, and sea-level rise are altering slope stability conditions in diverse geological settings. Understanding the mechanisms through which climate change influences landslide initiation, frequency, and distribution is essential for hazard assessment, risk management, and adaptation planning. This research area intersects climatology, hydrology, geomorphology, and geotechnical engineering, and we call for multidisciplinary approaches to address emerging challenges.
Therefore, with this Special Issue, we aim to collate cutting-edge research on the linkages between climate change and landslide behavior. We hope that this Special Issue will explore how past, present, and future climate conditions affect landslide triggers, mechanisms, and spatial–temporal patterns. This Special Issue aligns with the scope of Water by focusing on the hydrological and environmental aspects of landslide processes, and we seek to foster a deeper understanding of climate-driven slope instability.
Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Projected changes in landslide activity under future climate scenarios;
- The role of extreme weather events in triggering landslides;
- Impact of permafrost degradation on slope stability;
- Landslide–climate interactions in coastal and mountainous regions;
- Modeling of hydrological and mechanical processes in climate-affected slopes;
- Early warning systems and risk mitigation strategies under climate change;
- Remote sensing and monitoring techniques for climate-related landslide studies.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Wenkai Feng
Dr. Xiaoyu Yi
Dr. Shan Dong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- landslides
- slope stability
- hazard assessment
- rainfall
- temperature
- permafrost
- remote sensing
- modeling
- risk management
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