Assessing the Effect of Community Preparedness on Property Damage Costs during Wildfires: A Case Study of Greece

Fire, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7(8), P. 279 - 279

Published: Aug. 8, 2024

The current study attempts to assess the effect of community preparedness on property damage costs during wildfires. focus is primarily how various aspects preparedness, such as early warning systems, risk assessment, emergency response plans, and fire-resistant landscaping, influence extent For this purpose, data were collected from 384 Greek residents different regions country using an online questionnaire. In case, analysis was performed utilizing SPSS version 22.0. According findings, survey respondents replied that fire suppression most common cost associated with wildfire. contributes existing knowledge by providing insights into specific factors affect expenditure wildfires, specifically intricate relationship between expenses loss caused wildfires preparation. study’s findings can be utilized policymakers communities improve plans consequently decrease impact people.

Language: Английский

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The socioeconomic impact of a wildfire based on farmers’ perception: a case study for the island of Thassos

Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 2, 2024

Language: Английский

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Maximizing opportunities for co-implementing fuel break networks and restoration projects

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 7

Published: July 30, 2024

Increasing impacts from wildfires are reshaping fire policies worldwide, with expanded investments in a wide range of fuel reduction strategies. In many prone regions, especially the Mediterranean basin, management programs have relied on break networks for decades to facilitate suppression and reduce area burned damage. By contrast, federal forests western United States, is guided primarily by landscape restoration goals, including improving resiliency such that can be managed ecological benefit, used more as tool shape burn patterns less extinguish fires. New both systems now calling hybrid approaches rely types efficient allocation alternative spatial treatment patterns: linear versus patches across landscape. However, studies combine these strategies examine co-prioritization outcomes potential synergies largely non-existent. Here, we analyzed scenarios implementing treatments concert while varying prioritization metrics one type or other States national forest. We measured response related intersection rate, improvement forest resiliency, net revenue. found projects benefits identified mapped independently implementation scenario objective. prioritized breaks preceding resulted identification met criteria providing dual benefits. The study rare example optimizing serve protection goals different designs.

Language: Английский

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What is the actual composition of specific land cover? An evaluation of the accuracy at a national scale – remote sensing in comparison to topographic land cover

Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 36, P. 101319 - 101319

Published: Aug. 10, 2024

Satellite imagery allows us to capture and collect land cover information for increasingly large areas. This represent current on maps in a simple standardized way; however, any determined this way is subject some algorithmic uncertainty. paper aims, the first time, indicate magnitude of uncertainty through empirical probability distribution given at location. By analyzing 3 data sources, i.e. Corine Land Cover map, POLSA map classic - BDOT10k database topographic objects. Empirical distributions occurrence class areas with use were determined. The work was carried out scale, maximum possible sample Poland, area whole country. makes it introduce quantify uncertainties. Spatial analyses using satellite-based methods determine or map. its results will be useful all users who want assess phenomenon area, taking into account cover, thus obtain more accurate reliable results. It also provides, methodology verifying such correspondences, which can replicated by other researchers, confusion matrix as evaluation metrics true positive rate (TPR) weighted accuracy have been adopted. proposes link between classes databases. shown that TPR higher than 50% only CLC Level 1 (72.0%) (61%), while RS each remote sensing always 60% BDOT10k. highest related water, especially marine (92.0% 85.3% level 3), arable (98% POLSA, lowest (80%), forests (coniferous – 89%, 2 85%), low values obtained wetlands, peatbogs. authors do not state approach better, may multiple uses, but presented must raise awareness uncertainties critical implementation decision-making processes human activity. study provides ready-to-use being present has classified such. These functions used reverse, sensing, specific identified consistency assessment, composition structure, wide range users, including public administration, managers, architects, services, academia individuals.

Language: Английский

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The current policy focus shift from a sectoral to a territorial governance of wildfire reduction is aligned with forest owners’ preferences

Land Use Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 146, P. 107313 - 107313

Published: Aug. 22, 2024

Language: Английский

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