The Bibliometric Analysis of Community-based Adaptation Strategy to Urban Flood

Abstract

Community-based urban flood adaptation strategies have become an area of ​​interest in recent years. Currently, research is gradually shifting from a technically oriented approach to one that emphasizes social and human contexts. This shift has opened up space for developing multidimensional, flexible, and sustainable adaptation solutions. Employing bibliometric analysis for a systematic literature review, this paper assesses the thematic content and evolving trends in research on urban flood adaptation strategies. After the screening stage, 103 publications from the Scopus database were analyzed using the VOSviewer software with co-citation analysis and co-occurrence analysis techniques. The results of the co-citation analysis show that the research foundation for community adaptation strategies to urban floods has been expanded to assess the community's economic, social, behavioral, and cognitive aspects instead of providing technical solutions. In addition, the co-occurrence analysis determined that urban flood adaptation strategies are built on (1) community vulnerability, (2) geographic context, (3) community perception of flood risk, and (4) a broader strategic focus on climate change context. This finding suggests that research on community flood adaptation strategies needs to be tailored to local contexts, focusing on communities that are acutely vulnerable at all stages of the adaptation process.