Sixty Years of Research on Land Subsidence and Sea-Level Change: A Systematic Review of Global Literature with a Regional Lens on the Gulf of Guinea, Africa
Roberta Bonì·Pietro Teatini·Kwasi Appeaning Addo·Selasi Yao Avornyo·Leon T. Hauser·Femi Emmanuel Ikuemonisan·Marie-Noëlle Woillez·Marine Canesi·Cheikh Tidiane Wade·Rafael Almar·Katharina Seeger·Claudia Zoccarato·Philip S. J. Minderhoud
Since the 1960s, research on sea-level rise (SLR) and land subsidence has grown significantly; however, comprehensive syntheses remain limited. This study presents a systematic review of 2171 publications spanning 1964–2025, combining a global perspective with a regional focus on the Gulf of Guinea, a critically underrepresented region within the African continent. The results show a steady increase in publications, exceeding 80 per year since 2015. A combined bibliometric and content analysis a