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Forest fire map**: a comparison between GIS-based random forest and Bayesian models
In recent decades, fires in natural ecosystems, particularly forests and rangelands, have emerged as a significant threat. To address this challenge,...
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Post-earthquake fire risk and loss assessment in urban areas
Post-earthquake fire (PEF) poses a significant threat to urban structures and may contribute to the collapse of seismically damaged buildings as well...
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Forest fire risk indicator (FFRI) based on geoprocessing and multicriteria analysis
Forest fires negatively impact ecosystem services, affecting human welfare. The present study proposes a Forest Fire Risk Indicator (FFRI) based on...
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North American fire weather catalyzed by the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones
When tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific transition into midlatitude cyclones, it often perturbs the jet stream, resulting in amplified...
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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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A global view of observed changes in fire weather extremes: uncertainties and attribution to climate change
In many parts of the world, wildfires have become more frequent and intense in recent decades, raising concerns about the extent to which climate...
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Institutional Capacity and the Roles of Key Actors in Fire Disaster Risk Reduction: The Case of Ibadan, Nigeria
Inefficient and ineffective fire management practices are common to most urban areas of develo** countries. Nigerian cities are typical examples of...
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Investigating the usefulness of satellite-retrieved land surface temperature (LST) in pre- and post-fire spatial analysis
In this paper, we analyse the applicability and effectiveness of satellite-retrieved Land Surface Temperature (LST) for monitoring and spatial...
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Study on forest fire risk in Conghua district of Guangzhou city based on multi-source data
Forest fire not only seriously affects the stability of forest ecosystem, but also threatens the safety of human life and property. It is very...
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Future fire-driven landscape changes along a southwestern US elevation gradient
Over the twenty-first century, the combined effects of increased fire activity and climate change are expected to alter forest composition and...
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A LabVIEW-based fire monitoring software using multi-criteria AHP approach for detecting geolocation of wildfire
High Conservation Value Forests or botanical parks are critical forested areas that need to be appropriately managed and protected against fire, as...
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Integrated Fire Management
Many people have called for Integrated Fire Management that effectively harnesses the power of fire to achieve land management goals. Often this...
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Dairy production in a region of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: interactions between climate, fire, vegetation, and pasture degradation
This study was conducted between 2001 and 2016 and aimed to evaluate the effect of interactions between meteorological variables, pasture burning,...
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A hierarchical Bayesian model for predicting fire ignitions after an earthquake with application to California
Fire following earthquake is a major threat to communities in seismic-prone areas. For mitigation and preparedness against this multi-hazard event,...
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Meteorological drought and remote sensing data: an approach to assess fire risks in the Algerian forest
The risk of forest fires is one of the main environmental, social, and economic problems facing the countries of the Mediterranean basin, in...
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Siberian silkmoth outbreaks surpassed geoclimatic barrier in Siberian Mountains
Siberian silkmoth (SSM, Dendrolimus sibiricus Tschetv.) is the most important defoliator of Siberian pine ( Pinus sibirica Du Tour) and fir ( Abies...
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Multiscale analysis of drought, heatwaves, and compound events in the Brazilian Pantanal in 2019–2021
In this study, a comprehensive multiscale analysis of compounding drought-heat events in the Pantanal region is presented. The goal is to assess the...
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Comparing ground-based lightning detection networks near wildfire points-of-origin
Lightning detection and attribution to wildfire ignitions is a critical component of fire management worldwide to both reduce hazards of wildfire to...
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Probabilistic urban cascading multi-hazard risk assessment methodology for ground shaking and post-earthquake fires
A probabilistic methodology is presented for assessing cascading multi-hazard risk for ground shaking and post-earthquake fires at a regional scale....
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Assessing the impacts of catastrophic 2020 wildfires in the Brazilian Pantanal using MODIS data and Google Earth Engine: A case study in the world’s largest sanctuary for Jaguars
The Encontro das Águas State Park (EASP), renowned as the world’s largest refuge for Jaguars ( Panthera onca ), is located within the Brazilian portion...
