This book chapter focuses on the integration of nature-based solutions and ecological principles into spatial planning processes for disaster risk reduction, adopting the creation of an ecological planning and design network for disaster-resilient settlements as its central axis of discussion. Within this framework, the EPD-Net (Filling The Gap: Development of Ecological Planning and Design Learning Network and an Adaptive Smart Training Module for Disaster Resilient and Sustainable Cities) project, supported by Erasmus+ and implemented with a multi-stakeholder structure, offers a comprehensive approach that includes digital, pedagogical, and managerial components aimed at enhancing disaster resilience capacity. The project aims to integrate ecological resilience-based content into higher education curricula in the fields of spatial planning and design, which are directly related to disaster management. Additionally, it promotes interdisciplinary knowledge production through AI-supported smart learning modules, multilingual educational materials, case analyses, and workshop applications. In contrast to disaster policies that are mostly shaped by technical engineering solutions in the literature, this project offers a unique contribution by addressing NbS approaches from the perspectives of local knowledge, social participation, and pedagogical transformation. Within the scope of this section, the components of this network structure, educational strategies, inter-actor collaboration, and policy-making capacity will be discussed