GIS Application: Flood Risk Management

Dear Colleagues,

In the last decades thanks to technological progress and the explosion of digital data and of geo-services, Geographic Information System (GIS) application has become central to supporting individuals, communities, businesses and public authorities decisions and communications in many domains. As such, GIS applications provide effective and powerful flood risk communication and decision support tools. However, the quality of geographic data to support flood risk assessment remains a challenge. This is particularly the case when assessing the exposure, vulnerability and resilience and when data is used to  appraise flood risk management options and to support emergency services decision-making.

For this special issue of Water we seek papers discussing flood risk assessment with an emphasis on data geoprocessing, on the development of tailored risk indicators or for innovative communication tools involving web-mapping. This special issue will highlight discussions on how geographic data and GIS applications can and should inform and support flood risk management. The special issue is open to any geographic scale or spatial resolution.

Dr. Christophe Viavattene
Prof. Damien Serre
Guest Editors

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