To address the challenges posed by the increasingly complex transient characteristics of modern power systems and the insufficient conservatism of traditional controlled islanding

this paper provides a comprehensive review of islanding control research from an evolutionary perspective. First

this paper traces the developmental path of islanding control

from passive islanding based on local criteria with limited flexibility to active islanding which can enable online controls

and further moves toward adaptive islanding that establishes a multi-dimensional coordinated defense system. Second

this paper analyzes the coordination issues across the temporal chain

and systematically examines the core tasks and collaborative approaches across five stages

namely

planning

steady-state operation

post-fault pre-out-of-step

post-out-of-step pre-islanding

and isolated grid operation after islanding. Third

this paper summarizes the core factors influencing islanding

and discusses the impacts of three categories

namely

grid-connected component characteristics

network topology

and power system faults. Finally

based on the evolutionary context outlined above

this paper puts forward the prospects in key future research directions in following four areas: reunderstanding instability mechanisms

refining islanding technology

enhancing multi-level control coordination

and utilizing artificial intelligence assistance

aiming to provide a theoretical reference for building an islanding defense system suited to new-type power systems.