Review of vulnerability research of civil engineering construction system

The existing engineering construction risks mainly consider the probability of risk events and the severity of risk consequences, and little research is carried out combined with system vulnerability. As an inherent property of the system, the adverse effects of vulnerability under external disturbance seriously restrict the risk management process. However, there has been no scientific review of the current research on the vulnerability of civil engineering construction systems by scholars. Through theme retrieval and disciplinary classification, 103 English literature and 96 Chinese literature were selected. The software of Citespace literature analysis was used to statistically analyze publication time and journal distribution, and research hotspots and author-institution cooperation were summarized. This paper reviewed the vulnerability of civil engineering construction systems from the aspects of vulnerability conception, analysis frameworks and assessment process. The study found that the research on vulnerability of civil engineering construction system was still in the exploratory stage. The commonly used framework of vulnerability analysis mainly included vulnerability sequential evolution framework, vulnerability-risk framework and hazard-vulnerability framework. The object of the vulnerability assessment primarily focused on construction safety system, emergency management system and project management system. The identification of vulnerability influencing factors and the construction of index systems mainly covered the human-machine-environment-management framework, vulnerability characteristic dimension framework and external environment-project participant-project characteristic framework. In the future, mature achievements of vulnerability theory from other disciplines can be absorbed and is combined with the characteristics of civil engineering construction systems to construct more clear and accurate vulnerability concepts and analysis frameworks, explore more scientific and applicable index systems, deepen practical application and expand research. This research can systematically summarize the current research of the vulnerability of civil engineering construction system. The results can provide inspiration and reference for subsequent related research. © 2024, Central South University Press. All rights reserved.