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Urban Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: A Review at the Crossroads of Research and Practice
Scira Menoni. Sustainability, 2025-10-14
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
This review seeks to understand what urban planning and management can do to reduce disaster risk and help cities adapt to the impacts of climate change. To achieve this, it examines various streams of the literature, as the topic sits at the intersection of several distinct but relevant disciplinary fields. These include urban planning in hazardous areas, recovery planning, disaster risk reduction (an umbrella term encompassing disciplines from engineering to geography and sociology), and, more recently, climate change adaptation. To navigate this vast body of knowledge, a conceptual framework is proposed to guide the selection of the relevant literature, and the strategy for this selection is detailed in the methodological section. This review adopts elements of both critical and theoretical approaches: it does not aim to be comprehensive or to systematically search each disciplinary domain addressed. While acknowledging the limitations and potential biases in the selection of articles and books, the review reflects an evolution in the discourse on urban planning for resilience. The discussion explores how the concept of resilience has emerged as a valuable bridge between disaster risk reduction, sustainability, and climate change adaptation—especially as cities face increasing exposure and vulnerability to stresses that are now more frequently compounded, multi-hazard, and cascading. The conclusion outlines the gaps and challenges that researchers, practitioners, and policy makers need to address moving forward.
Key findings
- To navigate this vast body of knowledge, a conceptual framework is proposed to guide the selection of the relevant literature, and the strategy for this selection is detailed in the methodological section.
- This review adopts elements of both critical and theoretical approaches: it does not aim to be comprehensive or to systematically search each disciplinary domain addressed.
- While acknowledging the limitations and potential biases in the selection of articles and books, the review reflects an evolution in the discourse on urban planning for resilience.
- The discussion explores how the concept of resilience has emerged as a valuable bridge between disaster risk reduction, sustainability, and climate change adaptation—especially as cities face increasing exposure and vulnerability to stresses that are now more frequently compounded, multi-hazard, and cascading.
- The conclusion outlines the gaps and challenges that researchers, practitioners, and policy makers need to address moving forward.
Why it matters
This review is about urban planning for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, not Alzheimer's disease, so it provides no information on Alzheimer's treatment, cure or prevention. It discusses how the concept of resilience links disaster risk reduction, sustainability and climate adaptation.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 41/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Sustainability) |
| Journal's citation record | 3 / 4 | Sustainability: journal h-index 308 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 3 / 7 | Cited 15 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 2 / 5 | 5.0 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 5 / 6 | Cited 27.7× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 2 / 4 | Cited 15 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 1 / 4 | Last-listed author Scira Menoni: h-index 18 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Politecnico di Milano: institution h-index 545 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Total | 41 / 100 | — |
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Menoni, S. (2025). Urban Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: A Review at the Crossroads of Research and Practice. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17209092
Vancouver
Menoni S. Urban Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: A Review at the Crossroads of Research and Practice. Sustainability. 2025. doi:10.3390/su17209092.
BibTeX
@article{menoni2025-ca6acadf,
author = {Menoni, Scira},
title = {{Urban Planning for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: A Review at the Crossroads of Research and Practice}},
journal = {Sustainability},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.3390/su17209092},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/su17209092}
}
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