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Spatial Resilience to Wildfires through the Optimal Deployment of Firefighting Resources: Impact of Topography on Initial Attack Effectiveness
Strongly affected by the escalating impacts of climate change, wildfires have been increasing in frequency and severity around the world. The primary...
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Remote sensing and GIS-based inventory and analysis of the unprecedented 2021 forest fires in Türkiye’s history
In the summer of 2021, Türkiye experienced unprecedented forest fire events. Throughout that fire season, a total of 291 fire incidents, covering an...
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Lightning and Forest Fires under Modern Climatic Conditions of Central Siberia
AbstractThe paper presents the results of an analysis of the spatial distribution of forest fires and their causes in the forest areas of Central...
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Etiological study on forest fire accidents using Bow-tie model and Bayesian network
Forest fires will do great harm to the ecological environment. At present, the most important research field is the study of the causes of forest...
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Effects of forest roads and an assessment of their disturbance of the natural enviroment based on GIS spatial multi-criteria analysis: case study of the University Forest of Taxiarchis, Chalkidiki, Greece
The forest road network contributes to all aspects of the management and protection of natural ecosystems, such as fire protection and access to...
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GIS-based forest fire risk determination for Milas district, Turkey
Forest fires are highly destructive phenomena in both ecological and economic terms. Therefore, it is significant to develop measures to detect and...
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Determining the most effective way of intervention in forest fires with fuzzy logic modeling : the case of Antalya/Türkiye
Forest fires in various parts of the world cause irreversible environmental and economic losses due to the increase in global warming. Determining...
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A comparative Bayesian optimization-based machine learning and artificial neural networks approach for burned area prediction in forest fires: an application in Turkey
This study presents a prediction methodology to assist in designing an effective resource planning for wildfire fighting. The presented methodology...
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Spatial pattern prediction of forest wildfire susceptibility in Central Yunnan Province, China based on multivariate data
Wildfires are an important disturbance factor in forest ecosystems. Assessing the probability of forest wildfires can assist in forest wildfire...
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Integrated approach for the assessment of forest fire risk and burn severity map** using GIS, AHP method, and Google Earth Engine in Western Algeria
In Algeria, more than 29% of the forest heritage is located in the western part where forest fires remain the most devastating factor. The assessment...
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Water Exchange of Areas of the Earth Surface with the Atmosphere and Forest Fires, on the Example of Siberia
This paper studies the tendencies of average intensity of water exchange (AIWE) for various areas of Siberia in the modern period. The calculation of...
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Forest Fire Alert System of India with a Special Reference to Fire Vulnerability Assessment of the UT of Jammu and Kashmir
This chapter discusses the forest fire alert system of India with a special reference to fire vulnerability assessment of the UT of Jammu and...
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Using FlamMap to assess wildfire behavior in Bohemian Switzerland National Park
The 2022 summer fire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park (BSNP) is the largest in the 30-year recorded history of the Czech Republic, with an...
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A novel approach for predicting burned forest area
Forest fire hazard is a major problem in the Mediterranean region of Turkey and has a significant effect on both the climate system and ecosystems....
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Linking the future likelihood of large fires to occur on mountain slopes with fuel connectivity and topography
In the long run, ongoing climate change is expected to alter fuel production as well as the frequency and severity of fire weather, which may result...
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Social and historical dimensions of wildfire research and the consideration given to practical knowledge: a systematic review
Existing knowledge about fires has been challenged by changes in forests and wildfire regimes. We carried out a systematic literature review...
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Exploring support and opposition to regulatory approaches for wildfire risk management: requirements, voluntary actions, and tailored local action
Formal requirements of wildfire mitigation on private properties are increasingly being considered as one avenue for “scaling up” wildfire management...
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Vegetation Fires and Entropy Variations in Myanmar
Vegetation fires are most common in South/Southeast Asian countries. For effective mitigation and control of fires, it is essential to quantify the...
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On the mathematical modelling and control of leaf movements
To contribute to the fight against forest fires, which cause enormous damage every year, we propose in this paper a model of the movements of dry...
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Fire susceptibility modeling and map** in Mediterranean forests of Turkey: a comprehensive study based on fuel, climatic, topographic, and anthropogenic factors
Forest fires are considered to be among the most destructive factors in forest ecosystems around the world. In recent years, climate change and human...
