Shittu Whanda
Geo-spatial analysis of oil spill distribution and susceptibility in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
Whanda, Shittu; Adekola, Olalekan; Adamu, Bashir; Pandey, Pandey; Ogwu, Friday; Yahaya, Sani
Abstract
Oil spill occurrence during exploration, production and distribution can cause deleterious impact on the environment. Contamination of local streams/rivers, farmlands, forest resources and biodiversity in oil producing areas presents strong significant possibility of significant harm to human health. Geo-information technologies present new opportunities for assessing stress environment and ways of determining exposure susceptibility in such areas. The study assesses the
geographical distribution of oil-spills cluster and pattern using three geospatial techniques with ground data at 443 oil-spill incident sites from 1985-2008. The places with high (high-volume/large impact/close proximity to communities) and low incident (low-volume/less impact/fardistance) are related to the quantity of oil-spills identified within those communities considered susceptible to spill impact and possible exposure. While the average nearest neighborhood analysis showed a probability that oil-spill distribution in the area is clustered (ratio < 1 with index value 0.19), the Getis-Ord General G test indicated that the oil-spill with high quantities (volume) discharge are significantly clustered within every 400 m. The Moran’s I index indicted that there is
Citation
Whanda, S., Adekola, O., Adamu, B., Pandey, P., Ogwu, F., & Yahaya, S. (2016). Geo-spatial analysis of oil spill distribution and susceptibility in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Journal of Geographic Information System, 8, 438-456. https://doi.org/10.4236/jgis.2016.84037
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Jul 21, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Jun 15, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 15, 2017 |
Journal | Journal of Geographic Information System |
Print ISSN | 2151-1950 |
Publisher | Scientific Research Publishing |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 8 |
Pages | 438-456 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.4236/jgis.2016.84037 |
Keywords | oil spills, GIS analysis, third party damage, interdiction, pollutant linkages |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/924441 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jgis.2016.84037 |
Files
Whanda et al.pdf
(2.6 Mb)
PDF
You might also like
Developing a blue-green infrastructure (BGI) community engagement framework template
(2021)
Journal Article
Nigeria’s conflict is a result of environmental devastation across West Africa
(2018)
Journal Article
Downloadable Citations
About UWE Bristol Research Repository
Administrator e-mail: repository@uwe.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search