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Maritime network dynamics before and after international events

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Investigating the influence of international events on global maritime networks is a challenging task that must comprehensively incorporate geographical, political, and maritime sciences. Understanding global maritime network dynamics is an initial and critical step in this investigation. This study proposes an automatic identification system (AIS)-based approach to understanding maritime network dynamics before and after international events. In this approach, a spatiotemporal modeling method is introduced to measure the similarity in shipping trends before and after international events. Then, a spatiotemporal analytic framework is proposed to understand the maritime network dynamics by grouping similar situation, and assessing possible indirect effects within a network. Finally, three case studies of international events, military conflict, lifted economic sanctions, and government elections, were used to investigate the observed network dynamics possibly affected by international events. The results indicate that container, tanker, and bulk shipping between India and its connected countries all declined more than 69% after military conflicts between India and Pakistan in August 2015. Tanker shipping between Iran and the United Arab Emirates increased 51% after economic sanctions on Iran were lifted. Container shipping between Sri Lanka and Singapore, Malaysia, and India increased more than 74% after the general election in Sri Lanka. These investigations demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach in assessing the possible effects of international events on maritime network dynamics.

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    Zhixiang Fang, Hongchu Yu, Mingxiang Feng & Meng Huang

  2. State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, 100101, China

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  3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Geospatial Technology, Wuhan, 430079, China

    Zhixiang Fang

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Foundation: Key Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.ZDRW-ZS-2016-6-3; The National Key Research and Development Program of China, No.2017YFB0503802; National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.40971233, No.41771473; LIESMARS Special Research Funding

Author: Fang Zhixiang (1977–), Professor, specializing in transport geography, human behavior modeling, space-time GIS and intelligent navigation.

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Fang, Z., Yu, H., Lu, F. et al. Maritime network dynamics before and after international events. J. Geogr. Sci. 28, 937–956 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11442-018-1514-9

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