Environmental Earth Sciences

ISSN: 18666299, 18666280

https://www.springer.com/journal/12665/

Special Issue: Geoenvironmental resources and risks: management strategies

and techniques for eco-sustainable development and planning of fragile
territories

Submission Deadline: 31 January 2022

Journal's Editor

Name: Prof. Gioacchino Francesco Andriani

Affiliation: Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences,
University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari BA, Italy
Email: gioacchinofrancesco.andriani@uniba.it
Interests: Physical and Mechanical characterization of rocks, soils and
building geomaterials, Stability Analysis and Hazard assessment in
rocky cliffs, quarry walls and soil slopes. Stabilization/Mitigation
measures and techniques
Guest Editor
Name: Prof. Domenico Calcaterra
Affiliation: Department of Earth Sciences, Environment and Resources,
University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples NA, Italy
Email: domenico.calcaterra@unina.it
Interests: Landslide Hazard/Risk assessment, Applicability of Satellite-
related Remote Sensing Techniques to the monitoring of ground
motions, Engineering-Geological characterization of rocks, soils and
building geomaterials
Guest Editor
Name: Prof. Juan Carlos Mora Chaparro
Affiliation: Hazards and risks by Natural Phenomena, Unidad Morelia
del Instituto de Geofísica de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México, Mexico City, Mexico
Email: jcmora@igeofisica.unam.mx
Interests: Identification and Mapping of Hazards, Vulnerability and
Risks due to natural and anthropogenic phenomena
Guest Editor
Name: Dr. Ratan Das
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Science, Assam
University, Silchar, Assam, IN
Email: ratan.das@aus.ac.in; ratandasdjn91@gmail.com
Interests: Engineering Geology, Tunnelling, Rock Mechanics, Natural
hazards, Non-Destructive Technique (NDT), Acoustic emission,
Geotechnical Engineering
Guest Editor
Name: Dr. Lidia Loiotine
Affiliation: Department of Earth and Geoenvironmental Sciences,
University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70125 Bari BA, Italy; Institut des sciences
de la Terre, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Email: lidia.loiotine@uniba.it; lidia.loiotine@unil.ch
Interests: Rock Mechanics, Application of Remote Sensing Techniques
(InfraRed Thermography, Light Detection and Ranging, Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle, Structure from Motion) for the geostructural-
geomechanical characterization of rock masses; Slope Stability Analysis
Guest Editor
Name: Prof. Michael Tarullo
Affiliation: Monmouth University, School of Science, Department of
Chemistry and Physics, 100 Cedar Ave, West Long Branch, NJ, USA
Email: mtarullo@monmouth.edu
Interests: Historical Geology, Sedimentary Geology, Application of
Software Engineering to geologic research, Geology education

Summary
Natural and anthropogenic factors have caused many types of disasters
throughout the world, especially during the 20th and 21st century in conjunction
with changes in climate and its variability.
Earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, landslides, floods, coastal erosion and sinkholes
involve an infinite series of destructive processes that cause considerable damage
to the environment and personal and public property. More importantly, millions
are victims of these catastrophic events every year. The consequences are felt on
social, economic and cultural levels. Added to this, there are the effects of
increasingly ravenous and reckless soil consumption, with disregard for geological
and geomorphological characteristics as well as the historical and natural heritage
of fragile natural landscapes. The extreme variability of the factors that contribute
to risk assessment in any geo-environmental context has always been an obstacle
in the development of methodological approaches and procedures aimed at
mitigating and preventing destructive phenomena.
Thus, hazard identification and risk assessment remain a big problem, often linked
to the unpredictability, magnitude estimation and specific location of the events,
but also a lack of planning of preventive measures, partly due to limited public
awareness and partly to lack of sufficient resources.
On this basis, the purpose of this special issue is to present new research
developments in the fields of environmental and earth sciences and engineering
geology for safeguarding fragile landscapes, with particular reference to studies on
natural and anthropogenic disasters, damage processes and mechanisms, and
multidisciplinary approaches aimed at assessing hazards. Beyond these specific
topics, the issue will also welcome manuscripts on 1) risk management, 2) how to
limit damage, 3) actions needed to reduce the unpredictability of events
particularly in cases where they are sudden, 4) forecasting long and short term
effects, 5) development of new monitoring and forecasting techniques, and 6)
development of systematic intervention and risk management strategies based on
an integrated vision shared by all concerned, but above all sustainable.
This special issue aims to propose the latest advances in the field having a distinct
interdisciplinary and global perspective. This issue is also expected to contribute
towards a better understanding of the disaster potential and establish cause and
effect relationships between various potential disaster factors in highly hazardous
terrains.
Original research, case studies, new experimental methodologies and methods on
these topics and others related to natural and anthropogenic disasters are solicited
for this Special Issue.

Keywords:
Natural and Anthropogenic disasters

Hazard and Risk assessment

Early warning system

Mitigation measure

Stabilization technique

Landscape resilience

Geological and Geotechnical modelling

Geo-environmental Mapping

Change Detection

Remote sensing and GIS

Ground stability strategy

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