FUTURE RESEARCH TOPIC PROSPECT DEALING WITH THE “FLOOD SEVERITY” TERM: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW
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https://doi.org/10.2298/IJGI240903006SKeywords:
flood severity, systematic literature review, bibliometric analysis, clusteringAbstract
Most recent flood prediction studies focus on the probability and frequency of a flood at a specific location or flood vulnerability prediction. However, their results often lack flood magnitude or severity information. Therefore, severity levels are highly imperative for further research in floods, such as their mapping and prediction. This study has involved various stages, such as developing the literature selection protocol in obtaining the expected papers, searching the literature by protocol implementations, and results interpretation. The search results were 537 articles; the selected rigorously peer-reviewed articles were then bibliometrically analyzed. The limited flood severity-related research was proven by the “severity” term detected in fewer than five terms. Recommendations of flood severity-related research can be categorized into seven clusters based on the term co-occurrences. Those clusters consist of: 1) urban flood, 2) flood disaster management, 3) adaptability and prediction, 4) land use and urban planning, 5) natech and mitigation, 6) climate change, and 7) ecosystem services and resilience. There is a research gap in geographical terms for several countries classified as the world’s top 10 at risk of flood, such as China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and others. The urgent prior research guidelines are to trigger further future research on flood severity levels. Future research recommendations will give better contribution and consideration to flood risk management rather than merely vulnerability zonation as they also imply the possible impacts of predicted floods.
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