Wildfires have been systematically studied from the early 1950s, with significant progress in
the applied computational methodologies during the 21st century. However, modern …

Wildfires occur worldwide and affect different territories in diverse ways. New challenges in
wildfire management are emerging, fueled by climatic, land cover, and sociodemographic …

The increasing global concern about wildfires, mostly caused by people, has triggered the
development of human-caused fire occurrence models in many countries. The premise is …

Wildfires occur in different climatic zones, forest cover types and eras. Wildfire or forest fire
has always shaped the landscape. Different methodologies and indexes have emerged to …

A comprehensive methodology to assess forest fire susceptibility, that uses variables of
strong spatial correlation, is presented and applied for the Portuguese mainland. Our study …

Even though wildfires constitute a natural phenomenon, fires of high intensity may provoke
profound ecological and socioeconomic implications. Primary aim of the paper constitutes …

The development of comprehensive fire management and risk assessment strategies is of
prominent concern in Southern Europe, due to the expanding scale of wildfire risk. In this …

Forest fires have not been considered as a significant threat for mountain forests of the
European Alpine Space so far. Climate change and its effects on nature, ecology, forest …

Wildfire is a sudden and highly destructive natural disaster that poses significant challenges
in terms of response and rescue efforts. Influenced by factors such as climate, combustible …

About 90% of the wildland fires occurred in Southern Europe are caused by human
activities. In spite of these figures, the human factor hardly ever appears in the definition of …