Mapping disability and climate change knowledge base in Scopus using bibliometric analysis

African Journal of Disability

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Mapping disability and climate change knowledge base in Scopus using bibliometric analysis
 
Creator Makuyana, Tawanda Dube, Kaitano
 
Subject disability; climate change; environmental studies; disability studies; general practice disability; climate change; persons with disabilities; inclusive climate change framework; extreme weather events
Description Background: Climate change and disability are rarely addressed by academic scholars within the spectrum of disabilities and as a single field of study. However, the intersectionality of disability exacerbates the vulnerability of people with disabilities to climate change as climate change frameworks in the Global North and South continue excluding them.Objectives: This study aims to map the research-based knowledge housed in Scopus on disability and climate change. At the same time, it provides insights into innovative (novelty) ways of thinking and proposes a futuristic research agenda.Method: A bibliometric analysis was conducted on Scopus-indexed articles using VOSviewer to map co-occurrences of keywords and co-authorship, and a manual thematic-scoping review augmented the data analysis.Results: The disability and climate change debate as a joint study evolved from concern among health practitioners to human rights and social inclusion.Conclusion: In conclusion, there is a skewness towards mental health and medical sociology lens, while other sub-groups of persons with disabilities are yet to be engaged in co-creating disability-inclusive climate change knowledge.Contribution: Thematic areas emerged as gaps that future studies embed principles enshrined in the United Nations Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Sustainable Development Goals.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor Vaal University of Technology
Date 2024-03-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Review
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ajod.v13i0.1339
 
Source African Journal of Disability; Vol 13 (2024); 13 pages 2226-7220 2223-9170
 
Language eng
 
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https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/1339/2688 https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/1339/2689 https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/1339/2690 https://ajod.org/index.php/ajod/article/view/1339/2691
 
Coverage Global North and South; Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Burundi 2000-2022 gender; age; ethnicity
Rights Copyright (c) 2024 Tawanda Makuyana, Kaitano Dube https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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