Causes and Reconstruction of Catastrophic Flash Flood Disasters: Investigation, Analysis, Modelling and Risk Management, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 17
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Interests: hydraulics and river dynamics; water–sediment disaster; flash flood; forecasting and early warning; hydrological–hydrodynamic modeling
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, catastrophic flash flood events have become more frequent and are gradually occurring more commonly in mountainous regions due to extreme climate change, resulting in devastating human deaths and economic losses. Notably, flash flood disasters induced by heavy rainfall are prevalent worldwide. Most studies have shown that the main impact factors include precipitation characteristics, underlying conditions, and anthropogenic activities. In order to better understand the causes of flash flood events and provide disaster control and mitigation methods for preserving human health and economic development in mountainous regions, this Special Issue hopes to collect novel and interesting research, including field investigations, theoretical analysis, and the numerical simulation of catastrophic flash flood events globally. Based on these historical disaster events, we can devise reliable flash flood risk management measures for widespread use in the future. Moreover, the study of flash floods involves numerous disciplines, such as meteorology, hydrology, soil and water conservation, and flow–sediment dynamics, all of which can be further developed. The mechanism underlying flash floods may be further elucidated and prove beneficial for improving the prevention of flash flood disasters in mountainous areas.
Therefore, we invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on the causes and reconstruction of catastrophic flash flood disasters in the world. The potential contributions can, include but are not limited, to the following:
- Catastrophic flash flood events in the world;
- Precipitation estimation and forecasting in mountainous regions;
- Changes in underlying conditions and their impacts on flash floods;
- Influences of anthropogenic activities on flash floods;
- Hydrological and hydro-meteorological modelling for flash flood disaster analysis;
- Studies of soil erosion, water-sediment process, and mechanism of flash flood disasters;
- Identification of areas prone to flash floods;
- Risk management of flash floods.
Original submissions on the causes and reconstruction of catastrophic flash flood disasters, as well as the foundation of the flash flood disaster database at different spatial and temporal scales, are strongly encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Xiekang Wang
Dr. Meihong Ma
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- catastrophic flash floods
- climate changes
- extreme precipitation
- underlying conditions
- human activities
- hydrological and hydro-meteorological modelling
- soil erosion
- water-sediment process
- mechanism of flash flood disaster
- risk assessment and management
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