Spatiotemporal and Multidimensional Factor Analysis of Threatened Species with 5D World Map System

Abstract

This paper presents a spatiotemporal and multidimensional analysis method for threatened species by various factors; spatial factors, temporal factors, natural-phenomenal factors and human’s socio-economic factors with 5D World Map System, which is for understanding the cause- and-effect relations and factors between threatened species and human activities. The objective of this study is to provide a systematic way to analyze and visualize the history and the current situation among biodiversity loss with a geographical analysis, and the causal relations between threatened species and human activities with a multidimensional way. In this paper, we verify the feasibility of our method by applying to a globally collected and accessible dataset of extinct or endangered/threatened species and analyzing the effects of human activities to those species, which has a potential for implementations of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).