Trends in City Resilience Research: Bibliometric Analysis with Rstudio and Biblioshiny

Year 2025, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 23 - 49, 29.03.2025

Nihal Zengin , Ruşen Yamaçlı

Abstract

Given the increased frequency and severity of natural catastrophes in recent years, it is evident that city design, planning, and central and local government policies are crucial to urban resilience. Resilience has evolved as a fundamental foundation for effectively managing the functioning of vital systems in the face of unexpected shocks, stress, and disaster events. However, it is clear that there is room for improvement in the selection and standardization of resilience assessment frameworks identified in the research, and resilience should begin at the community level. As a result, in order to define the notion of resilience, an extensive literature research was done, and the data gathered were analyzed using the bibliometric analysis method. Within the purpose of this study, the Web of Science (WoS) database was used, and studies from 1975 to 2024 were examined. The database search on November 1, 2024 yielded 531 articles. The first article study on architecture was undertaken in 2006. The data was processed with the "biblioshiny for bibliometrix" application. As a result, it was emphasized that in order to become a sustainable city, cities must have resilient critical infrastructures, the importance of building stock, resilience must begin at the community level, and local governments, as the closest unit to the community, must play an important role.

Keywords

resilience, city, social resilience, bibliometric analysis, sustainable development

Şehir Dayanıklılığı Araştırmalarındaki Eğilimler: Rstudio ve Biblioshiny ile Bibliyometrik Analiz

Abstract

Given the increased frequency and severity of natural catastrophes in recent years, it is evident that city design, planning, and central and local government policies are crucial to urban resilience. Resilience has evolved as a fundamental foundation for effectively managing the functioning of vital systems in the face of unexpected shocks, stress, and disaster events. However, it is clear that there is room for improvement in the selection and standardization of resilience assessment frameworks identified in the research, and resilience should begin at the community level. As a result, in order to define the notion of resilience, an extensive literature research was done, and the data gathered were analyzed using the bibliometric analysis method. Within the purpose of this study, the Web of Science (WoS) database was used, and studies from 1975 to 2024 were examined. The database search on November 1, 2024 yielded 531 articles. The first article study on architecture was undertaken in 2006. The data was processed with the "biblioshiny for bibliometrix" application. As a result, it was emphasized that in order to become a sustainable city, cities must have resilient critical infrastructures, the importance of building stock, resilience must begin at the community level, and local governments, as the closest unit to the community, must play an important role.

Keywords

Resilience, City, Social Resilience, Bibliometric Analysis, Sustainable Development.

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