Bibliometrics and Knowledge Mapping Analysis of Urban Climate Vulnerability Assessment in English Literature Based on CiteSpace
Abstract：
Nowadays, cities are facing the intensified impact of climate change. The research on urban climate
vulnerability has become a hot topic and an important analytical and evaluation tool in the field of climate
change science. In this paper, English literatures from 2002 to 2022 in the database of “Web of Science”
are taken as the research object. Visualization software CiteSpace is used to draw the knowledge map. By
analyzing publications, disciplinary structure, regional cooperation, knowledge base, research frontiers and
research hotspots in urban climate vulnerability assessment, the following findings are found. (1) Research
and development can be divided into three stages. (2) Regional cooperation mainly focuses on countries with
good research trends, such as Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Netherlands. (3) The
discipline structure mainly involves urban environment, geology and ecology, sociology. (4) The knowledge base
mainly consists of risk assessment and response measures under the impact of climate change. Comprehensive
assessment of urban climate vulnerability and improvement of urban climate adaptation capacity are the research
frontiers. (5) “Urban sustainable development strategy”, “human settlements under the influence of high heat”
and “the impact of sea level rise” are currently hot research areas, and future research may focus on ecosystem,
sustainability and rainfall. This paper analyses the theoretical perspectives and methods related to urban climate
vulnerability assessment, with a view to providing reference for further deepening the governance system and
content of climate vulnerability in China.