Geography matters: geographically based flood studies in Spain between 1990 and 2023. A bibliometric/hermeneutical analysis

Geographical research in Spain on natural risks has grown significantly over the last three decades (1990–2023), becoming one of the most notable fields within the Geography discipline. This article conducts a bibliometric review based on the bibliographic data mainly obtained from the Web of Scienc...

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Published in:Natural hazards (Dordrecht) Vol. 121; no. 17; pp. 19937 - 19966
Main Authors: Pérez-Morales, Alfredo, Gil-Guirado, Salvador, Cantos, Jorge Olcina, Cañizares, Antonio Oliva
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.10.2025
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Academic disciplines
Bibliometrics
Citations
Civil Engineering
Climate change
Climate models
Collaboration
Disasters
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental Management
Environmental risk
Exegesis & hermeneutics
Flood risk
Floods
Geographic information systems
Geographical information systems
Geography
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Hydrogeology
Mitigation
Natural Hazards
Original Paper
Risk management
Sociology
Subject indexing
Trends
Urban planning
Writers
Spain
Geography
Vulnerability
Exposure
Bibliometric analysis
Flood risk
Territorial management
ISSN:0921-030X, 1573-0840
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Summary:Geographical research in Spain on natural risks has grown significantly over the last three decades (1990–2023), becoming one of the most notable fields within the Geography discipline. This article conducts a bibliometric review based on the bibliographic data mainly obtained from the Web of Science (WOS). For this analysis, the VOSviewer tool has been used. The results have supported both a bibliometric and a hermeneutic analysis of the evolution of flood risk studies in Spain (1990–2023), the principal authors and collaboration networks of articles, the principal authors and collaboration networks in highly cited articles (> 25 citations), the institutions to which the authors are affiliated and the countries of origin of the foreign co-authors, the principal journals and additional indexed thematic fields, keywords and key concepts in flood-related research in Spain. All of this allows us to conclude that natural risk studies in Spain have evolved from descriptive approaches to applied studies, thanks to new tools such as GIS or climate modelling tools, enabling administrations to implement more effective measures to create resilient territories through risk management, and are expected to become more widely used in future research. In conclusion, the geography discipline is found to be important in the studies as it plays a crucial role in the current management and mitigation of natural risks and defines the line of future studies.
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ISSN:0921-030X
1573-0840
DOI:10.1007/s11069-025-07561-0