Traffic Inequality and Relations in Maritime Silk Road: A Network Flow Analysis
| Autor: | Haonan Ren, Naixia Mou, Yunhao Zheng, Feng Liu, Jinhai Chen, Lingxian Zhang, Tengfei Yang, Jiqiang Niu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Inequality
media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development lcsh:G1-922 network flow analysis 010501 environmental sciences Geopolitics 01 natural sciences Maritime Silk Road traffic inequality 0502 economics and business Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) Economic geography Computers in Earth Sciences China 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common 050210 logistics & transportation 05 social sciences Social network analysis (criminology) Traffic flow Flow network traffic flow traffic relations Geography Organizational structure Core countries lcsh:Geography (General) |
| Zdroj: | ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information Volume 10 Issue 1 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Vol 10, Iss 40, p 40 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2220-9964 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijgi10010040 |
| Popis: | Maritime traffic can reflect the diverse and complex relations between countries and regions, such as economic trade and geopolitics. Based on the AIS (Automatic Identification System) trajectory data of ships, this study constructs the Maritime Silk Road traffic network. In this study, we used a complex network theory along with social network analysis and network flow analysis to analyze the spatial distribution characteristics of maritime traffic flow of the Maritime Silk Road further, we empirically demonstrate the traffic inequality in the route. On this basis, we explore the role of the country in the maritime traffic system and the resulting traffic relations. There are three main results of this study. (1) The inequality in the maritime traffic of the Maritime Silk Road has led to obvious regional differences. Europe, west Asia, northeast Asia, and southeast Asia are the dominant regions of the Maritime Silk Road. (2) Different countries play different maritime traffic roles. Italy, Singapore, and China are the core countries in the maritime traffic network of the Maritime Silk Road Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Israel have built a structure of maritime traffic flow in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and Saudi Arabia serves as a bridge for maritime trade between Asia and Europe. (3) The maritime traffic relations show the characteristics of regionalization countries in west Asia and the European Mediterranean region are clearly polarized, and competition&ndash synergy relations have become the main form of maritime traffic relations among the countries in the dominant regions. Our results can provide a scientific reference for the coordinated development of regional shipping, improvement of maritime competition, cooperation strategies for countries, and adjustments in the organizational structure of ports along the Maritime Silk Road. |
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