Living with Floods: Addressing Social Aspects of Flood Disasters
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1447
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental hazard management; flood management; climate change adaptation; water resource management; sustainable development
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Dear Colleagues,
Flooding is the most pervasive environmental hazard worldwide that often escalates into devastating disasters which negatively impact upon the social, environmental and economic spheres, among others. Floods cause significant loss of life, injury and severe economic losses. Flood losses can be direct or indirect, as well as tangible and intangible. Although the cause of flooding is the result of a combination of both natural and human causes, there is often a misguided approach of over-emphasis on addressing the natural causes by employing structural measures while side-lining the equally important human causes. This has resulted in many countries spending billions of dollars in structural flood mitigation schemes with poor results as the human side of the equation remains unresolved. Human activities such as deforestation, urbanization, living on floodplains and land use change have exacerbated floods. The effects of floods are also badly felt by humans, with loss of life, injury and disease epidemics. The scope is focused on addressing the social aspects of floods. This call is specifically focused on giving researchers working on the social aspects of floods the chance to highlight the results of their studies related to floods towards a more holistic approach in managing and addressing floods.
Prof. Dr. Ngai Weng Chan
Dr. Christopher Barrow
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- social aspects of floods
- social capital
- diseases
- societal adaptation
- flood loss assessment
