Systematic literature review of rapid visual screening as part of risk assessments

The growing number of threats experienced by the building have led to the development of risk assessments for over the past decades. In determining its degree of risk, the rapid visual screening (RVS) is an effective method to assess the current condition of a specific building and its structural components. The resulting risk index and damage classification done by this method are the basis on its prioritization for further detailed investigation on the building. The objectives of this paper are to analyze the existing literature in order to establish research gaps and to establish the trend of rapid visual screening to provide an insight for future researches. This paper presents a systematic literature review of the gathered articles from Scopus academic database on the use of rapid visual screening as a preliminary risk assessment. The fifty-seven (57) relevant articles are reviewed and analyzed in this paper that would provide a useful reference for conservation experts and future researchers. It also presents a bibliometric analysis, summary of RVS methods, threats considered, structure application, number of buildings considered, components of risk used and vulnerability parameters. An interpretation of the VOSviewer results that will be explained based on network, overlay and density visualization.