Abstract
The Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) Map is an element to guide the planning of contingency. Road transport is the main vectors in accidents which cause oil spilling in the environment. Since terrestrial environments do not have their environmental sensitivity index, as the marine environment have. Current analysis forwards a proposal for mapping environmental sensitivity to oil and oil derivatives spills in terrestrial environments. Four factors have been included in the Environmental Sensitivity Index Maps: (1) biological resources; (2) socioeconomic mosaic; (3) land cover; (4) Terrestrial Environmental Sensitivity Index (TESI). ESI maps were prepared in five pilot areas for the Rodovia dos Tamoios, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, featuring intermediary class TESI, diversity in socio-economic activities, land cover and constant presence of fauna. Adequacy for sensitivity in terrestrial environments triggers the systematization of an efficient, fast and simple production index.
Highlights
The Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) map is an essential cartographic document for contingency actions in pollution events by oil and oil derivatives
Oil spill ESI maps were originally conceived for coastal and marine environments and only later they were incorporated to other aquatic environments such as rivers, lakes and swamps (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA], 1995), they do not take into consideration other types of environments that might be polluted by oil spill events
Current bias is evidenced by the consolidation of methodologies oriented for the elaboration of oil spill ESI maps for aquatic environments, whereas those directed for terrestrial areas are rarely analysed (Martins, Riedel, & Milanelli, 2014)
Summary
The Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) map is an essential cartographic document for contingency actions in pollution events by oil and oil derivatives. Current paper proposes an approach for mapping environmental sensitivity towards oil in terrestrial environments, associated to road transportation.
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