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Call for Papers: Special Collection on the International Conference on Natural Disaster: Risk Analysis, Management and Mitigation

Guest Editors:
Dr. Subhrajit Dutta, Ph.D., M.ASCE, National Institute of Technology Silchar, India, ([email protected]) ([email protected])
Dr. Nirmalendu Debnath, Ph.D., National Institute of Technology Silchar, India, ([email protected])
Prof. Hemanta Hazarika, Ph.D., Kyushu University, Japan, ([email protected])


Aims & Scope

The first international conference on Natural Disaster: Risk Analysis, Management and Mitigation (NDRAMM 2024) is dedicated to bringing together researchers, engineers, academicians, and practitioners to share their scientific thoughts and findings on disaster risk management. The conference is an exciting platform that will empower participants with a unique opportunity to connect, exchange creative and thought-provoking ideas, and share practical knowledge on sustainable and resilient civil infrastructure. This event will showcase innovative approaches to addressing the problems of natural disasters, such as, earthquakes, landslides, cyclones, floods, etc., which are increasing day-by-day and becoming a severe threat to socio-economies. This special collection will include articles based on selected peer-reviewed high-quality conference papers to promote the Recent Advances in Disaster Risk Management for Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure. 


Topics
  • Natural hazard analysis
  • Infrastructure vulnerability analysis
  • Disaster risk analysis
  • Disaster risk management
  • AI/ML in natural hazards engineering
  • Infrastructure risk, reliability and resilience
  • Community risk and resilience
  • Disaster risk-informed decision making
  • Digital twins and virtual reality in disaster risk mitigation
  • Tsunami induced hazard and risk
  • Liquefaction mitigation
  • Landslide and erosion induced disaster mitigation
  • Flood risk management
  • Urban flood modelling and planning Early warning system
  • Natural hazards triggering technological accidents (Natech)
  • Any other emerging topics in natural hazards, risk management

Submission Deadlines

Papers are accepted on rolling basis (no current deadline).


Submission Guidelines

ASCE Requirements for publishing Conference Papers
The NDRAMM 2024 paper submitted to the ASCE’s Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction (PPSD&C) must maintain ASCE’s requirements for publishing conference papers and the ASCE Ethics Guidelines. The submitted paper(s) to PPSD&C must not have more than 50% content from the previously published NDRAMM 2024 paper. 

  1. Please submit your manuscript via the Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction editorial manager website.
  2. Once on the Editorial Manager website, please indicate that your paper is for the special collection “International Conference on Natural Disaster: Risk Analysis, Management and Mitigation”.
  3. Detailed information on the submission process is provided in the “Publishing in ASCE Journals” section of the ASCE Author Center.

Please note that all accepted papers submitted in response to this Call for Papers will be published in regular issues of the Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction and assembled online on a page dedicated to this Special Collection. See Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction for the list of Special Collections already published.