Special Issue on Resilience of structures and infrastructures to natural hazards
Published 19 May, 2026
Introduction:
Infrastructure resilience is an important parameter in civil engineering. The ability of structures and infrastructure systems to remain functional during and after natural hazards directly affects the resilience of urban communities, with direct implications for economic losses, service disruptions, recovery timelines, and long-term functionality.
This special issue aims to advance the understanding of resilience across multiple scales, from individual structural components to complex infrastructure networks and interconnected lifelines. We invite studies that examine both direct impacts, such as structural damage, and indirect consequences, including downtime, reduced accessibility, service disruption and cascading failures.
Submissions may address analytical, numerical, and experimental approaches to model the functionality of the systems under multi-hazard scenarios, as well as probabilistic and performance-based frameworks for resilience assessment. Particular interest will be given to emerging methodologies that integrate uncertainties into resilience metrics, enabling more realistic predictions of system performance during and after natural hazards.
This special issue also welcomes case studies demonstrating the importance of considering resilience in past disasters, innovative design methodologies, and approaches for enhancing recovery and adaptation. Original research, review papers and perspective/discussion papers, on AI-enabled approaches for improving urban safety, emergency response, and resilience are especially encouraged.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Numerical methods (Finite Element Method, Boundary Element Method or hybrid Finite/Boundary Element Method)
- Experimental methods (centrifuge and shaking table tests)
- Instrumented measurements of real infrastructures
- AI for hazard detection, monitoring, and models for emergency decision support
- AI for critical infrastructure resilience and cascading risk analysis
- Explainable and trustworthy AI in safety-critical systems
Important Deadline:
Submission deadline: 1 March 2027
Submission Instructions:
Please read the [Guide for Authors] before submitting. All articles should be [submitted online], please select [Resilience of structures and infrastructures to natural hazards] on submission. If the manuscript is accepted, the article will be published in Open Access, and the costs will be paid by the author.
Guest Editors:
Prof. Davide Forcellini
University of San Marino
99 Consiglio dei 60, Dogana, Rep. San Marino
Associate Prof. Qing Deng
University of Science and Technology Beijing
