Disaster Prevention and Resilience (DPR) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to developing knowledge and capacity in strategic and practical aspects of reducing the impact of natural and human-instigated disasters. DPR publishes applied and fundamental research, critical reviews, policy papers and case studies with a particular focus on multi-disciplinary fields. The journal encourages articles in the following areas:

• Natural and human-instigated disasters;
• Disaster risk perception and communication;
• Disaster risk analysis;
• Disaster risk-informed decision making;
• Disaster risk reduction and management;
• Disaster resilience of built environment;
• Sustainability under global warming;
• Social science / urban planning;
• Education in disaster prevention and resilience.