Islands without Map

• YAMANO Hiroya

  Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 地図の無い島
• チズ ノ ナイ シマ カンショウ シュウトウ ニ オケル チリ ジョウホウ ノ セイビ ト チキュウ オンダンカ ニ タイスル ゼイジャクセイ ヒョウカ テキオウサク エノ オウヨウ
• Integrating Geographic Information on Atoll Reef Islands and its Application to their Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation to Global Warming
• ―環礁州島における地理情報の整備と地球温暖化に対する脆弱性評価・適応策への応用―

Abstract

 Although much attention has been paid to low-lying atoll reef islands as the first victims of a sea-level rise caused by global warming, they usually are not mapped (e.g., shoreline positions, elevation, and land-use/cover), thus a quantitative evaluation of the impact of global warming is not feasible. In this paper, recent advances in remote-sensing technology are described, including the current status of the mapping of shoreline positions, elevation, and land-use/cover of atoll reef islands. Then, the effectiveness of historical reconstruction based on the maps produced from archived past images, as well as archaeological human settlement data and socioeconomic data, is shown to examine the nature of the vulnerability of atoll reef islands to global warming. Overall, geographic information generated by remote sensing could be of great help for assessing and understanding the vulnerability of atoll reef islands.

Journal

• Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)

  Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 117 (2), 412-423, 2008

  Tokyo Geographical Society

Keywords

• atoll reef islands
• vulnerability assessment
• sea-level rise
• global warming
• remote sensing

Details

• CRID: 1390001204230544768
• NII Article ID: 10025678916
• NII Book ID: AN00322536
• DOI: 10.5026/jgeography.117.412
• ISSN: 18840884
• ISSN: 0022135X
• NDL BIB ID: 9505010
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I9505010
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