A study on the use of Environmental Sensitivity Index map for oil spill considering social information

Abstract

The hazard map concerning flood, landslide, volcanic and earthquake disaster have been developed recently in Japan. On the contrary, ESI (Environmental Sensitivity Index) map for oil spill is developing but its practical usage of the maps has not been fully examined. As for the foreign countries, U. S. NOAA OR&R (Office of Response and Restoration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has already finished constructing ESI maps which estimate environmental sensitivity covering whole shoreline. In this study, based on an actual lesson from Nakhodka oil spill, we will arrange the conflictions among stakeholders in near shore area, and propose the way for resolving such conflictions by using ESI maps covering near shore area of Abashiri, Hokkaido Prefecture.