CALL FOR PAPERS
Flooding: Causes, Consequences, and Responses
Key dates:
Deadline for manuscript submission: 1 December 2025
Articles will be published online as soon as possible after acceptance.
Call for Papers:
IWA Publishing is pleased to invite submissions to a cross-journal Special Issue on Flooding: Causes, Consequences, and Responses.
Flooding is one of the most widespread and devastating natural hazards worldwide, with far-reaching impacts on human health, infrastructure, economies, ecosystems, and water quality. Its effects span from immediate loss of life and property to long-term environmental degradation and social disruption. As climate change, land use changes, and urban development intensify flood risks and increase the frequency and severity of extreme events, comprehensive and interdisciplinary research into all aspects of flooding has never been more critical. Addressing these challenges requires an integrated understanding of flood dynamics, innovative prediction methods, effective management strategies, and a deep awareness of the environmental and societal implications of flooding.
This Special Issue seeks to showcase the breadth of research addressing the causes, consequences, and responses to flooding in diverse contexts around the world. We welcome contributions that explore novel approaches, tools, and solutions for flood prediction, preparedness, response, and recovery. In particular, we encourage submissions that highlight the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced hydrological modelling, water quality impacts following flood events, and the design and evaluation of flood intervention and management strategies.
We welcome submissions of the latest results, project findings, and perspectives from researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- AI and machine learning applications in flood forecasting and management
- Innovations in flood hydrological modelling
- Water quality monitoring and assessment post-flooding
- Flood preparedness and interventions, including resilient water and sanitation services, stormwater management, and adaptive infrastructure design (e.g., sponge cities)
How to submit:
Please make sure that your paper follows the Instructions for Authors, before submitting your paper directly to the journal of your choice via Editorial Manager. For submission instructions, please see our How to Submit page. Please choose the most appropriate article type and the submission category ‘Special Issue: Flooding 2025’ on submission.
This special issue spans all journals in the IWA Publishing portfolio. As a rough guide, manuscripts dealing with:
- Climate change and flooding are encouraged to submit to Journal of Water and Climate Change
- Hydrological and modelling aspects of flooding are encouraged to submit to Hydrology Research
- Big data, machine learning and AI applications to flooding are encouraged to submit to Journal of Hydroinformatics
- Human health aspects of flooding are encouraged to submit to Journal of Water and Health
- Policy aspects of flooding are encouraged to submit to Water Policy
- Water quality aspects of flooding are encouraged to submit to Water Quality Research Journal
- Nature based solutions and flooding are encouraged to submit to Blue-Green Systems
- Sanitation and hygiene aspects of flooding are encouraged to submit to Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development
A full list of IWA Publishing journals can be found here, and we will consider submissions to any of our journals in this Special Issue