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dc.contributor.author | Calviño-Cancela, María | |
dc.contributor.author | Chas-Amil, María L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Touza, Julia | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-22T16:20:17Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-09T21:31:04Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-22T16:20:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-09T21:31:04Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-989-26-0884-6 (PDF) | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/34228 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Areas where urban and wildland intermingle, known as wildland-urban interface (WUI), are increasing worldwide over the last decades (Theobald and Romme 2007; Montiel and Herrero 2010). These WUI areas are of particular concern in forest fire risk management because the presence of housing developments in contact with forestlands increases the likelihood of a fire starting as a consequence of human activities. In Spain, for example, there is increasing evidence that the wildland-urban interface constitutes a highly risk prone area (Herrero et al. 2012; Chas-Amil et al. 2013). Given the recognised role of land cover distribution in fire risk (Bajocco and Ricotta 2008; Oliveira et al. 2013), this paper evaluates recent fire activity across different land cover categories, and the causes and motivations, comparing WUI and non-WUI areas. Fire data were collected in Galicia, Spain, where fires are mostly due to deliberately-caused ignitions. We show that arsonist are more likely to ignited a fire in WUI areas than in non-WUI; and the same seems to be true for fires ignited by agricultural activities. Moreover, land cover types only have a significant impact on the patterns of fire occurrence in WUI areas. | eng |
dc.language.iso | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra | por |
dc.relation.ispartof | http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/34013 | por |
dc.rights | open access | - |
dc.subject | fire hazard | eng |
dc.subject | land-use cover | eng |
dc.subject | wildland-urban interface | eng |
dc.subject | intentional-caused fires | eng |
dc.subject | Galicia | eng |
dc.subject | Spain | eng |
dc.title | Assessment of fire risk in relation to land cover in WUI areas | por |
dc.type | bookPart | por |
uc.publication.firstPage | 657 | - |
uc.publication.lastPage | 664 | - |
uc.publication.location | Coimbra | por |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.14195/978-989-26-0884-6_74 | - |
uc.publication.section | Chapter 3 - Fire Management | por |
uc.publication.digCollection | PB | por |
uc.publication.orderno | 74 | - |
uc.publication.area | Ciências da Engenharia e Tecnologias | por |
uc.publication.bookTitle | Advances in forest fire research | - |
uc.publication.manifest | https://dl.uc.pt/json/iiif/10316.2/34228/211231/manifest?manifest=/json/iiif/10316.2/34228/211231/manifest | - |
uc.publication.thumbnail | https://dl.uc.pt/retrieve/11171497 | - |
uc.publication.parentItemId | 53868 | - |
uc.itemId | 70247 | - |
item.fulltext | With Fulltext | - |
item.grantfulltext | open | - |
Appears in Collections: | Advances in forest fire research |
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