Advancements in Forest Fire Prevention: A Comprehensive Survey

Sensors, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(14), P. 6635 - 6635

Published: July 24, 2023

Nowadays, the challenges related to technological and environmental development are becoming increasingly complex. Among environmentally significant issues, wildfires pose a serious threat global ecosystem. The damages inflicted upon forests manifold, leading not only destruction of terrestrial ecosystems but also climate changes. Consequently, reducing their impact on both people nature requires adoption effective approaches for prevention, early warning, well-coordinated interventions. This document presents an analysis evolution various technologies used in detection, monitoring, prevention forest fires from past years present. It highlights strengths, limitations, future developments this field. Forest have emerged as critical concern due devastating effects potential repercussions climate. Understanding technology addressing issue is essential formulate more strategies mitigating preventing wildfires.

Language: Английский

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Exploring forest fire susceptibility and management strategies in Western Himalaya: Integrating ensemble machine learning and explainable AI for accurate prediction and comprehensive analysis

Environmental Technology & Innovation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 35, P. 103655 - 103655

Published: May 5, 2024

Forest fires pose a significant threat to ecosystems and socio-economic activities, necessitating the development of accurate predictive models for effective management mitigation. In this study, we present novel machine learning approach combined with Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) techniques predict forest fire susceptibility in Nainital district. Our innovative methodology integrates several robust — AdaBoost, Gradient Boosting Machine (GBM), XGBoost Random Deep Neural Network (DNN) as meta-model stacking framework. This not only utilises individual strengths these models, but also improves overall prediction performance reliability. By using XAI techniques, particular SHAP (SHapley Additive exPlanations) LIME (Local Interpretable Model-agnostic Explanations), improve interpretability provide insights into decision-making processes. results show effectiveness ensemble model categorising different zones: very low, moderate, high high. particular, identified extensive areas susceptibility, precision, recall F1 values underpinning their effectiveness. These achieved ROC AUC above 0.90, performing exceptionally well an 0.94. The are remarkably inclusion confidence intervals most important metrics all emphasises robustness reliability supports practical use management. Through summary plots, analyze global variable importance, revealing annual rainfall Evapotranspiration (ET) key factors influencing susceptibility. Local analysis consistently highlights importance rainfall, ET, distance from roads across models. study fills research gap by providing comprehensive interpretable modelling that our ability effectively manage risk is consistent environmental protection sustainable goals.

Language: Английский

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Burned Areas Mapping Using Sentinel-2 Data and a Rao’s Q Index-Based Change Detection Approach: A Case Study in Three Mediterranean Islands’ Wildfires (2019–2022)

Remote Sensing, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(5), P. 830 - 830

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

This study explores the application of remote sensing-based land cover change detection techniques to identify and map areas affected by three distinct wildfire events that occurred in Mediterranean islands between 2019 2022, namely Sardinia (2019, Italy), Thassos (2022, Greece), Pantelleria Italy). Applying Rao’s Q Index-based approach Sentinel-2 spectral data derived indices, we evaluate their effectiveness accuracy identifying mapping burned wildfires. Our methodological implies processing analysis pre- post-fire imagery extract relevant indices such as Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR), Mid-infrared Index (MIRBI), Difference Vegetation (NDVI), Burned area for (BAIS2) then use (the classic approach) or combine them (multidimensional detect using a technique. The Copernicus Emergency Management System (CEMS) were used assess validate all results. lowest overall (OA) classical mode was 52%, BAIS2 index, while multidimensional mode, it 73%, combining NBR NDVI. highest result reached 72% with MIRBI 96%, NBR. combination consistently achieved across areas, demonstrating its improving classification regardless characteristics.

Language: Английский

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Nature–society relations in disaster governance frameworks

Disasters, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 49(2)

Published: March 4, 2025

This paper studies how the relations between nature and society are constructed in disaster governance frameworks. Dominant frameworks present as separate realms, organisation of is increasingly seen key cause hazards disasters. Disaster impacts similarly framed around adverse societal consequences, while other-than-human merely background across which disasters unfold, property lost, or a means governance. Although centrality human troubled when biodiversity flagship species threatened, neither situation challenges nature-society dualism embedded dominant The attention resources target side dualism. study finds, though, that peripheries characterised by remoteness from centres power, sparse population, large spaces nature, vulnerabilities facing humans risk being ungoverned.

Language: Английский

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Integrated fire management as an adaptation and mitigation strategy to altered fire regimes

Communications Earth & Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(1)

Published: March 15, 2025

Abstract Altered fire regimes are a global challenge, increasingly exacerbated by climate change, which modifies weather and prolongs seasons. These changing conditions heighten the vulnerability of ecosystems human populations to impacts wildfires on environment, society, economy. The rapid pace these changes exposes significant gaps in knowledge, tools, technology, governance structures needed adopt informed, holistic approaches management that address both current future challenges. Integrated Fire Management is an approach combines prevention, response, recovery while integrating ecological, socio-economic, cultural factors into strategies. However, remains highly context-dependent, encompassing wide array practices with varying degrees ecological societal integration. This review explores as adaptation mitigation strategy for altered regimes. It provides overview progress challenges associated implementing across different regions worldwide. also proposes five core objectives outlines roadmap incremental steps advancing adapt ongoing regimes, thereby maximizing its potential benefit people nature.

Language: Английский

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Active governance of agro-pastoral, forest and protected areas mitigates wildfire impacts in Italy

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 890, P. 164281 - 164281

Published: May 20, 2023

Wildfire regimes affected by global change have been the cause of major concern in recent years. Both direct prevention (e.g., fuel management planning) and land governance strategies agroforestry development) can an indirect regulatory effect on wildfires. Herein, we tested hypothesis that active planning Italy mitigated wildfire impacts terms loss ecosystem services forest cover, burned wildland-urban interface, from 2007 to 2017. At national scale, assessed size potential fire drivers such as climate, weather, flammability, socio-economic descriptors, use changes, proxies for European funds rural development, investments sustainable management, agro-pastoral activities), including interactions, fire-related via Random Forest modelling Generalized Additive Mixed Model. Agro-forest districts (i.e., aggregations neighbouring municipalities with homogeneous agricultural characteristics) were used spatial units analysis. Our results confirm territories more show lower impacts, even under severe flammability climatic conditions. This study supports current regional, national, towards "fire resistant resilient landscapes" fostering agro-forestry, nature conservation integrated policies.

Language: Английский

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Rethinking wildfire management policy: Suggestions from firefighters who experienced the 2017 extreme wildfires in Portugal

Forest Policy and Economics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 173, P. 103453 - 103453

Published: March 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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A systematic review of nature-based solutions to urban hazards through the lens of environmental justice

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Wildfire preparedness: Optimal adaptation measures for strengthening road transport resilience

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 105371 - 105371

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Bridging wine and forestry sectors to reduce wildfires: wine actors’ perceptions, their role in risk reduction and externality labelling

Trees Forests and People, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100835 - 100835

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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