Recent research approaches to urban flood vulnerability, 2006–2016

This study examines the research trend of urban flood risk assessment and investigates what methods and approaches have been changed and how these changes have improved our understanding on multi-dimensions of urban flood vulnerability. By reviewing a total of 318 peer-reviewed journal articles duri...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) 2017-08, Vol.88 (1), p.633-649
Main Authors: Cho, Seong Yun, Chang, Heejun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil Engineering
Content analysis
Dimensions
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental Management
Environmental risk
Flood risk
Floods
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hydrogeology
Methods
Natural Hazards
Policies
Policy and planning
Review Article
Reviews
Risk assessment
Social factors
Social sciences
Urban areas
Vulnerability
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Summary:This study examines the research trend of urban flood risk assessment and investigates what methods and approaches have been changed and how these changes have improved our understanding on multi-dimensions of urban flood vulnerability. By reviewing a total of 318 peer-reviewed journal articles during the last 10 years (2006–2016) using bibliometric and content analysis, we observed that the physical vulnerability was the most popular concerns followed by the institutional vulnerability and social vulnerability. Moreover, we found that the planning and policy approach focusing on institutional vulnerability has the potential to link physical and social dimensions of flood vulnerability, facilitating the tight collaboration between applied sciences and social sciences. This study concluded that the continuous increasing number of the comprehensive approach to urban flood risk assessment offers evidence for a new paradigm shift toward a more inclusive way to understand multi-dimensional aspects of urban flood vulnerability across disciplines and different knowledge systems.
ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-017-2869-4