Hydrological Hazards: Monitoring, Forecasting and Risk Assessment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 945
Special Issue Editors
2. Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands
Interests: computational hydraulics; physically based modelling; floods; river dynamics; decision support systems; earth observation
Interests: photogrammetric 3D reconstruction and classification from terrestrial, aerial, and satellite imagery; point cloud processing, filtering, and classification; sensor calibration; accuracy analysis; improvement methods and applications of digital terrain and surface models
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the context of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable water resource management, the monitoring of hydrological hazards represents a globally critical issue, as it enables the implementation of early warning systems, informs decision-making processes, and supports the development of effective mitigation strategies to protect communities and ecosystems. Especially associated with climate variability and global climate change, hydrological hazards (e.g., droughts, flooding) are defined as extreme events related to the occurrence, movement, and distribution of water. Given the significant impacts of hydrological hazards on societies and economies, it is extremely important to adopt innovative approaches, techniques, and methods for the prediction, prevention, and mitigation of hydrological extremes.
In this context, this Special Issue focuses on recent technological advancements and scientific insights aimed at improving our understanding of hydrological hazards and our capacity to manage these extreme phenomena, including the following topics:
- Hydroinformatics, cutting-edge technologies in hydrological and hydraulics data analysis, and flood and/or drought analysis;
- Methodologies for predicting and preventing extreme hydrological events;
- Early warning and forecasting systems;
- Comprehensive risk management strategies;
- Advanced modelling approaches for hydrological and hydrodynamic simulations and predictions;
- Sustainable water resources management;
- Hydrological monitoring systems;
- Innovative remote sensing and GIS analysis for hydrological hazards;
- Effects of climate change and land-use/land-cover changes.
Original research articles; analytical, conceptual, and experimental studies; and state-of-the-art contributions focusing on monitoring, forecasting, and methodologies for predicting and preventing extreme hydrological events and risk assessment are welcome.
Dr. Ioana Popescu
Dr. Ana Maria Loghin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrological hazards
- flood forecasting
- risk management
- modelling
- drought assessment
- water resources
- hydrological monitoring
- precipitation
- remote sensing and GIS analysis
- climate change
- geomorphology dynamics
- hydroinformatics
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