The Trans-Israel pipeline spans from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and is used to transport crude oil. Since its creation in 1968, there have been several significant spills in the Southern Arava Region of the pipelines. This project used GIS mapping as a tool to help identify vulnerability in social ecological systems to crude oil spills. The team gathered data from sources including GIS databases and people with different backgrounds. This data was layered onto GIS maps to visually highlight potential areas that could be vulnerable to a future spill. We also created and outlined scenarios to show how different conditions of an oil spill could create varying impacts. These scenarios and maps were given to the Eilot Regional Council to help them create possible action plans.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Benazzi, Michela
• Murphy, Aidan
• Sperry, Jakob
• Kantor, Noah

Subject

• Sustainability
• Community
• Security
• Well-Being
• Health
• Environment

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-022822-142646
• 48481

Advisor

• Bar-On, Isa
• Tuler, Seth

Year

• 2022

Center

• Israel Project Center (Eilat) - IQP

Sponsor

• Itai Shanni

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2022-02-28

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright