The Power of Sharing in Disaster Management: Insights from a Bibliometric Review

Abstract

For all of history, mankind built their cities in disaster-prone areas - the foothills of volcanoes with their fertile ground, the deltas of rivers that provided transport and fishing possibilities, but also earthquakes and floods. With changing weather patterns and climate change, natural disasters will only be more frequent and severe than they have ever been before. When disaster strikes, all people are one, no matter the economic or educational background, and no matter the state borders. In these times, the sharing economy must play a significant role in providing disaster relief and helping survivors. In this paper, a bibliometric analysis is conducted with the aim of exploring the evolving landscape of the sharing economy's role in disaster management. The authors of the study conducted a review of the literature throughout time to pinpoint important themes, trends, and research gaps. The objective was to furnish a comprehensive synopsis of the existing theoretical and empirical understanding in researched field. This was accomplished through descriptive qualitative investigation of Web of Science- WoS database documents.