Guidelines for developing a systematic literature review for studies related to climate change adaptation

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 28; no. 18; pp. 22265 - 22277
• Main Authors: Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Mohamed, Samah, Asnarulkhadi Abu, Samsuddin, Samsul Farid
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01-05-2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acclimatization; Adaptation; Adaptation, Physiological; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Climate adaptation; Climate Change; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Guidelines; Literature reviews; Review Article; Systematic review; Systematic Reviews as Topic; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollution Control; Climate change; Methodology; SLR guidelines; Adaptation
• ISSN: 0944-1344; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13178-0

This study proposes a set of GuFSyADD guidelines on steps for developing  suggestions that  enhance of its rigor in systematic literature review (SLR) for studies related to climate change adaptation. The prescribed guidelines are based on the following six steps, (1) guided by review of protocol/publication standard/established guidelines/related published articles, (2) formulation of review questions, (3) systematic searching strategies, (4) appraisal of quality, (5) data extraction and analysis, and (6) data demonstration. Essentially, this set of proposed  guidelines enables researchers to develop an SLR pertaining to climate change adaptation in an organised, transparent, and replicable manner.