Exploring a knowledge map for urban resilience to climate change

This study conducted a scientometric analysis of previous research on urban resilience to climate change from 1998 to 2021 through collaboration network, co-occurrence network, and co-citation network analyses. A total of 2819 articles were quantitatively analysed, and these articles visualised the academic communities, key research topics, and knowledge body of existing research. The results indicate that the academic communities of urban resilience to climate change consist of influential authors from the main academic institutions in the USA, England, China, Australia, and the Netherlands. The key research topics of urban resilience to climate change show evolutionary trends during different research periods. Furthermore, existing research on urban resilience to climate change is supported by 20 classical references with higher co-citation frequency, and the knowledge structure of urban resilience to climate change is divided into four significant co-citation clusters. Finally, three future research directions are predicted for the field of urban resilience to climate change: the comprehensive analysis of urban resilience to climate change, climate change vulnerability in urban systems, and multi-hazard coupling impacts on urban resilience. This study provides a comprehensive knowledge map of urban resilience to climate change to guide future academic collaborations and urban management practices.