Natural Hazards and Risk Management
A section of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907).
Section Information
This Section, “Natural Hazards and Risk Management”, publishes original research and full-length review articles describing research on natural hazards and risk management within forests. Examples of areas included in “Natural Hazards and Risk Management” include but are not limited to:
- Ecological, social or economic impacts of natural hazards within forests;
- Anticipation of critical catastrophic transitions and ecosystem collapse;
- Developing indices and models for quantifying natural hazard danger and risk;
- Studies designing, developing or testing new methodologies and technologies for predicting, assessing or monitoring natural hazards in forests;
- Risk assessment, mitigation and adaptation;
- Social dimensions of natural catastrophes;
- Development of artificial intelligence (AI) for risk modelling;
- Identification of areas at high risk of natural hazard;
- Development of integrative forest management approaches to minimize risk;
- Physiological, ecological or evolutionary tree responses to natural hazards;
- Forest responses to natural hazards (resistance and resilience);
- Testing the effectiveness of forest engineering techniques to decrease risk;
- Effects of compound disturbances and natural hazards;
- Forest restoration, reforestation and post-disturbance management;
- Historical evaluation of risk management actions.
Proposals for Special Issues are also welcome.
Keywords
- Wildfires
- Avalanches
- Erosion, landslides, debris movements
- Flooding
- Snow
- Storms, windstorms and windthrow
- Subsidence
- Tree mortality and ecosystem collapse
- Tropical cyclones
- Typhoons and hurricanes
- Earthquakes
- Other hazards
Editorial Board
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on Forests (Deadline: 30 October 2023)
- Advanced Statistical Modeling in Forests Climate Change and Natural Hazards (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Fire Ecology and Management in Forest (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Landslides in Forests around the World: Causes and Mitigation—Series II (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Prediction and Management of Urban Forest Storm Damage (Deadline: 15 November 2023)
- Wildland Fire Suppression and Fuel Management: Accidents, Near Accidents and Stress Issues (Deadline: 15 December 2023)
- Forest Regeneration and Landscape Resilience after Wildfire (Deadline: 20 December 2023)
- Forests and Cold Temperatures: Understanding and Managing Freezing Stress under Climate Change (Deadline: 21 December 2023)
- Forest Fires: Latest Advances and Perspectives (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Data Acquisition, Methods and Techniques Applied in Sustainable Forest Management and Hazard Mapping (Deadline: 24 January 2024)
- Mathematical Modeling of Forest Fire Initiation and Spread (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbances as Drivers of Forest Ecosystem Change (Deadline: 10 February 2024)
- Forest Fire Regimes and Forest Fuels: Characterization and Modelling in a Climate Change Scenario (Deadline: 15 March 2024)
- Forest Fires Prediction and Detection—Volume II (Deadline: 31 March 2024)
- Burning Issues in Forest Fire Research (Deadline: 30 April 2024)
