Integrating disaster risk reduction with planning and design across scales: A review of research trends, challenges, and solutions

Integrating disaster risk reduction (DRR) with planning and design across spatial scales is critical for resilient and sustainable development, yet effective implementation remains a global challenge. Despite growing academic and policy attention, the field remains fragmented, hindering comprehensive risk management. This study adopts a bibliometric–systematic literature review (B-SLR) design, combining a bibliometric analysis of 3554 publications from the Web of Science (WOS), and an in-depth systematic literature review of 74 papers from the bibliometric review database. Bibliometric analysis clarifies the evolution (e.g. research output, collaboration, keyword trend and citation bursts), knowledge structure (e.g. keyword and citation network), and disciplinary configuration of related research (e.g. science categories), revealing how risk science, planning, and design have developed largely in parallel. The systematic review synthesizes integration barriers and solution pathways across institutional, legal, informational, and participatory dimensions. Building on these findings, we propose a three-pillar framework—legal–policy frameworks, digital platforms, and knowledge co-creation—explaining how governance arrangements, technological tools, and social processes jointly enable integration in planning and design scales. The review offers an analytical foundation for future empirical research and guidance for strengthening interdisciplinary collaboration and practice-oriented strategies for the integration of DRR with planning and design.