Towards an Integrated Approach to Wildfire Risk Assessment: When, Where, What and How May the Landscapes Burn

Fire, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 6(5), С. 215 - 215

Опубликована: Май 22, 2023

This paper presents a review of concepts related to wildfire risk assessment, including the determination fire ignition and propagation (fire danger), extent which may spatially overlap with valued assets (exposure), potential losses resilience those (vulnerability). is followed by brief discussion how these can be integrated connected mitigation adaptation efforts. We then operational systems in place various parts world. Finally, we propose an system being developed under FirEUrisk European project, as example different components (including danger, exposure vulnerability) generated combined into synthetic indices provide more comprehensive but also consider where on what variables reduction efforts should stressed envisage policies better adapted future regimes. Climate socio-economic changes entail that wildfires are becoming even critical environmental hazard; extreme fires observed many areas world regularly experience fire, yet activity increasing were previously rare. To mitigate negative impacts responsible for managing must leverage information available through assessment process, along improved understanding targeted improve optimize strategies risk.

Язык: Английский

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Advancements in Forest Fire Prevention: A Comprehensive Survey

Sensors, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 23(14), С. 6635 - 6635

Опубликована: Июль 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.

Язык: Английский

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Spatial analysis and machine learning prediction of forest fire susceptibility: a comprehensive approach for effective management and mitigation

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 926, С. 171713 - 171713

Опубликована: Март 18, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Understanding future changes to fires in southern Europe and their impacts on the wildland-urban interface

Journal of Safety Science and Resilience, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 2(1), С. 20 - 29

Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2021

Southern Europe is a highly fire-prone region where extreme fires have often disastrous consequences on both structures and people. Human activities fire weather conditions favouring ignitions propagation always been the drivers of such but anthropogenic climate change alongside extension wildland-urban interface (WUI) that concentrates assets compounding effect exacerbating risk. WUI are currently not adequately prepared to sustain events whose frequency intensity foreseen increase in future as shown during occurred recently Euro-Mediterranean countries. This work presents context region, their driving forces impacts society, with insights from three recent catastrophic drew much attention. In this context, we propose conceptual framework for understanding issue assessing implications risk providing some guidance mitigate risk, updated management strategies well comments about gaps our current knowledge how might address problem future. A successful approach reduce will require building resilient landscapes communities better face these which population, forest managers, land planners, civil protection, policy-makers need together improve safety resilience areas.

Язык: Английский

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A review of thermal exposure and fire spread mechanisms in large outdoor fires and the built environment

Fire Safety Journal, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 140, С. 103871 - 103871

Опубликована: Июль 28, 2023

Due to socio-economic and climatic changes around the world, large outdoor fires in built environment have become one of global issues that threaten billions people. The devastating effects them are indicative weaknesses existing building codes standard testing methodologies. This is due part our limited understanding fire exposures, including ones from wildland communities within communities. To address this problem, Ignition Resistance Committee (IRC) International Association Fire Safety Science working group 'Large Outdoor Fires Built Environment' was established. manuscript result IRC's initiatives review current knowledge on exposures associated with fires, identify gaps, provide recommendations for future research. article consists two sections: exposure settlement structures. Each section presents a comprehensive experimental numerical studies mechanisms (flame contact convection, radiation, firebrands). concludes discussion data consistency gaps highlight directions each three mechanisms.

Язык: Английский

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A Computational Geospatial Approach to Assessing Land-Use Compatibility in Urban Planning

Land, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 12(11), С. 2083 - 2083

Опубликована: Ноя. 20, 2023

Amidst rapid urbanization, sustainable development requires moving beyond subjective land-use planning techniques toward innovative computational geospatial models. This paper introduces a GIS-based quantitative framework to enable objective, rigorous compatibility analysis. Uniquely, the model evaluates radial impacts and expert-defined criteria across multiple scales, overcoming limitations of qualitative approaches. Cell-by-cell computation identifies emerging spatial conflicts with enhanced realism. A case study in Qaemshahr, Iran, demonstrated model’s proficiency revealing incompatibilities hotspots, surpassing conventional methodologies. Quantitative analysis provided accurate, transparent insights for evidence-based consistency evaluation. Ongoing improvements through 3D, real-time data integration machine learning will further objectivity. While extensive testing diverse urban contexts is still needed, this pioneering technique marks transition from objective Situated at intersection geographic information science planning, serves as launchpad advancing robust models shape more equitable, resilient futures amidst complex sustainability challenges. The remains fundamental, present can be used provide scientifically grounded analyses guide planning.

Язык: Английский

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Climate Change and Children’s Health: Building a Healthy Future for Every Child

PEDIATRICS, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 153(3)

Опубликована: Фев. 20, 2024

Observed changes in temperature, precipitation patterns, sea level, and extreme weather are destabilizing major determinants of human health. Children at higher risk climate-related health burdens than adults because their unique behavior patterns; developing organ systems physiology; greater exposure to air, food, water contaminants per unit body weight; dependence on caregivers. Climate change harms children through numerous pathways, including air pollution, heat exposure, floods hurricanes, food insecurity nutrition, changing epidemiology infections, mental harms. As the planet continues warm, climate change’s impacts will worsen, threatening define welfare every stage lives. who already bear burden disease living low-wealth households communities, lack access high quality education, experiencing racism other forms unjust discrimination suffering from hazards. solutions, advanced collaborative work pediatricians, systems, corporations, governments lead immediate gains child equity build a foundation for generations thrive. This technical report reviews nature its associated effects supports recommendations accompanying policy statement children’s

Язык: Английский

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Convergence in critical fuel moisture and fire weather thresholds associated with fire activity in the pyroregions of Mediterranean Europe

The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 806, С. 151462 - 151462

Опубликована: Ноя. 3, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Preparing for wildfire evacuation and alternatives: Exploring influences on residents’ intended evacuation behaviors and mitigations

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 58, С. 102177 - 102177

Опубликована: Март 23, 2021

Understanding residents' intended evacuation behaviors is an increasingly important component of managing complex wildfire events in the United States and elsewhere. Growing evidence suggests that local populations consider a range potential during fire events, yet fewer efforts explore rural intentions or their relationship to mitigations reduce risk aid suppression. This study explores among wildland-urban interface residents Pend Oreille County, Washington, USA. We how mitigation performance (e.g., fuel reduction efforts, structure improvements, active firefighting preparation) differs across three emergent categories evaluate whether factors correlate with participants' intentions. Our results suggest relatively high proportion area intend stay defend property from wildfire, smaller proportions intending evacuate shelter place. Individuals who are more likely implement strategies when compared those found elements residency status, sex, age, presence children home, perceptions personal efficacy was prepared enough not need were significant influences on group affiliation. For instance, part-time significantly correlated evacuate, while full-time defend. Greater agreement needed because well-prepared related staying defending over evacuating.

Язык: Английский

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Children and Climate Change

Опубликована: Авг. 25, 2022

The existential threat posed by climate change presents a challenge to all those concerned about the next generation. This Element reviews and discusses its implications for development of children (ages 0-12) today in future, parents, teachers, researchers, professionals who have responsibility children. adopts bioecological model examine both direct impacts on children's physical psychological well-being as well indirect through systems external child, emphasizing greater vulnerability Global South. Given evidence well-founded anxiety, this examines coping strategies key roles caregivers schools protecting preparing face current future challenges – with knowledge, hope, agency central themes. highlights many under-researched areas calls action caring future.

Язык: Английский

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