Assessment of Ecological Vulnerability under Oil Spill Stress

Ling Cai, Li Yan, Jialin Ni and Cui Wang
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Ling Cai: Third Institute of Oceanography of State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, China
Li Yan: Third Institute of Oceanography of State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, China
Jialin Ni: Third Institute of Oceanography of State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, China
Cui Wang: Third Institute of Oceanography of State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen 361005, China

Sustainability, 2015, vol. 7, issue 10, 1-12

Abstract: Using the constituent elements of vulnerability, an evaluation index system for the ecological vulnerability of coastal areas under oil spill stress is established based on “Sensitivity–Adaptive Capacity-Exposure”. After selecting a gulf in China as the main case study in this work, the cluster analysis and reference method were applied in grading and value assigning for all indexes. In addition, the analytic hierarchy process and expert evaluation method were used to determine the index weighting. Finally, a comprehensive evaluation method was adopted in the evaluation studies on the ecological vulnerability of the gulf coastal zone under oil spill stress. Results show the differences between the gulf area and areas that belong to different ecologically-vulnerable areas under oil spill stress.

Keywords: oil spill stress; coastal zone; ecological vulnerability assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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