Aims & Scope

Aim

Journal of Hazards, Risk and Resilience (JHRR) is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal committed to advancing knowledge and practice across the full spectrum of hazards, risk analysis, and resilience building. The journal aims to foster critical thinking, innovation, and evidence-based solutions in managing natural, technological, and socio-economic risks, with a strong emphasis on reducing vulnerabilities and strengthening resilience across communities, systems, and geographies.

We welcome original research, case studies, reviews, perspectives, and methodological innovations that contribute to understanding the dynamics of hazards and disasters, the processes of risk assessment and governance, and the multidimensional aspects of resilience in diverse contexts. It is published quarterly online by Scilight Press.

Scope

The journal covers, but is not limited to, the following themes:

  • Hazard and disaster typologies: Earthquakes, floods, storms, landslides, droughts, tsunamis, wildfires, pandemics, industrial and technological hazards.
  • Risk assessment and modeling: Multi-hazard risk analysis, probabilistic and scenario-based approaches, climate risk and uncertainty.
  • Resilience science and practice: Community resilience, infrastructure resilience, ecosystem-based resilience, institutional and urban resilience, system resilience.
  • Policy and governance: Disaster risk reduction (DRR), climate adaptation policy, risk-informed development, and Sendai Framework implementation and beyond.
  • Innovations and technologies: Early warning systems, remote sensing, big data, AI/ML applications, immersive learning, and digital twins, XR/VR/MR, drones and robotics in disaster management.
  • Social dimensions of risk: Vulnerability, equity, gender, disability, Indigenous knowledge, and risk communication.
  • Education and capacity building: Disaster education, youth engagement, citizen science, and transdisciplinary learning models.
  • Post-disaster recovery and transformation: Recovery planning, risk-sensitive reconstruction, and long-term adaptive capacity.

The journal seeks to bridge gaps between research, policy, and practice by publishing work that has both theoretical depth and real-world relevance. It encourages contributions from a broad range of disciplines, including earth sciences, engineering, social sciences, environmental studies, public health, economics, and policy analysis.