The Change of Geographic Distribution of Piracy Attacks Around Somalia

ソマリア周辺海域における海賊活動の地理的分布の変化

Recently, piracy attacks occurred off the coast of Somalia and threaten the ships and vessels navigating on the sea lane between Asia and Europe. The purpose of this study is to analyze the change of geographic distribution of piracy attacks around Somalia. To achieve this purpose, the authors plotted the points of piracy attacks from 2005 to 2013 using Geographic Information System and analyze the distance from coast of Somalia and transit corridor in the Gulf of Aden, and Kernel Density Method.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.9749/jin.132.44
• Summary URL:
  http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=The+Change+of+Geographic+Distribution+of+Piracy+Attacks+Around+Somalia&author=D.+Watanabe&author=Y.+Nagata&author=S.+Toriumi&publication_year=2015
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• Authors:
  • Watanabe, Daisuke
  • Nagata, Yasuhiro
  • Toriumi, Shigeki
• Publication Date: 2015

Language

• English
• Japanese

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: pp 44-50
• Serial:
  • The Journal of Japan Institute of Navigation
  • Volume: 132
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Japan Institute of Navigation
  • ISSN: 0388-7405
  • EISSN: 2187-3275
  • Serial URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/jin/-char/en

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Geographic information systems; Marine safety; Piracy; Ships; Threats
• Geographic Terms: Asia; Europe; Gulf of Aden; Somalia
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01571401
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
• Files: TRIS, JSTAGE
• Created Date: Jul 28 2015 3:56PM