Flood Risk and Response Management
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2024) | Viewed by 31866
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mountainous water management; hydrogeomorphology; flood risk analysis; flash floods; urban floods; flood management and control
2. Laboratory of Climatology and Atmospheric Environment, Department of Geology and Geoenvironment, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University Campus, 15784 Athens, Greece
Interests: climatology; hydrology; hydrometeorology; climate change; floods; GIS; water resources management; renewable energy
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Interests: mountainous water management; hydrogeomorphology; hydrometeorology; flood risk analysis; flash floods; urban floods; flood management and control
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The risk landscape (including flood risk) has been subject to significant changes over recent years. The planet faces a wide range of disaster risks, many of which are becoming progressively more prevalent and urgent to tackle. According to official records of the United Nations, floods are the most homicidal of all natural and man-made or technological disasters. Moreover, floods sometimes have a crossborder character that threatens entire regions and can affect multiple countries simultaneously, while other disasters (i.e., earthquakes) have more limited activity in terms of area. On the other hand, floods could have various causes of their formation (atmospheric, technical failures, even terrorists’ actions) and, as a consequence, diferrent mechanisms and characteristics.
All the above create a complicated phenomenon with numerous facets. For that reason, professional knowledge and skills based on applied research are needed by first and second responders to tackle situations involving flood management systems and infrastructure.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to gather and promote scientific papers that deal with:
- Innovative techniques and methods based on AR and VR that help the operational training of first and second responders.
- Hydrological modeling adapted to mountainous and torrential hydrological conditions.
- Modern awareness and early warning methods for safe and timely evacuation based on AI techniques and remote sensing techniques for rural and urban areas.
- Local-scale weather forecasting models with use for the preparation and implementation of local-scale anti-flood plans.
Prof. Dr. Dimitrios A. Emmanouloudis
Dr. Elissavet G. Feloni
Prof. Dr. Fotios Maris
Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Nastos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- flood risk
- flash floods
- urban floods
- anti-flood management
- hydrological modeling
- citizens’ awareness
- preparedness
- first responders
- innovative virtual and augmented reality training
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