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Challenges and Perspectives in Flood Risk Management and Resilience

Special Issue Information

Flooding is a natural disaster affecting the largest number of people than any other types of disaster with a significant socioeconomic impact. Improved flood risk management is critical to strengthening societal resilience to better protect the population’s lives and assets. This Special Issue will focus on new developments in flood resilience in order to identify existing challenges and future perspectives on risk management innovations. Contributions widely related to the following topics are welcome:

  • Numerical methods, artificial intelligence and data analytics in flood modelling;
  • Holistic hazard impact assessment;
  • Integrated approaches for risk management and damage reduction;
  • International, national and regional flood resilience strategies and policies;
  • Hazard mitigation decision support;
  • Climate change adaptations;
  • Critical infrastructure and cascading effects;
  • Innovations and technologies in smart management;
  • Hydroinformatics and risk communication;
  • Citizen science and community engagement;
  • Emergency response and crisis management.
Dr. Albert S. Chen
Prof. Giuseppe T. Aronica
Prof. Quihua Liang
Dr. Joao Paulo Leitao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • adaptation
  • climate change
  • critical infrastructure (CI)
  • disaster risk reduction (DRR)
  • flood resilience
  • flood risk management
  • strategic planning

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