Wildland fire risk research in Canada

LM Johnston, X Wang, S Erni, SW Taylor… - Environmental …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Despite increasing concern about wildland fire risk in Canada, there is little synthesis of
knowledge that could contribute to the development of a comprehensive risk framework for a …

A review of challenges to determining and demonstrating efficiency of large fire management

MP Thompson, FR y Silva, DE Calkin… - International Journal of …, 2017 - CSIRO Publishing
Characterising the impacts of wildland fire and fire suppression is critical information for fire
management decision-making. Here, we focus on decisions related to the rare larger and …

Towards a comprehensive wildfire management strategy for Mediterranean areas: Framework development and implementation in Catalonia, Spain

FJ Alcasena, AA Ager, JD Bailey, N Pineda… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Southern European countries rely largely on fire suppression and ignition prevention to
manage a growing wildfire problem. We explored a more wholistic, long-term approach …

Assessing climate change impacts on wildfire exposure in Mediterranean areas

OM Lozano, M Salis, AA Ager, B Arca… - Risk …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We used simulation modeling to assess potential climate change impacts on wildfire
exposure in Italy and Corsica (France). Weather data were obtained from a regional climate …

Application of wildfire risk assessment results to wildfire response planning in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, USA

MP Thompson, P Bowden, A Brough, JH Scott… - Forests, 2016 - mdpi.com
How wildfires are managed is a key determinant of long-term socioecological resiliency and
the ability to live with fire. Safe and effective response to fire requires effective pre-fire …

Evaluating alternative fuel treatment strategies to reduce wildfire losses in a Mediterranean area

M Salis, M Laconi, AA Ager, FJ Alcasena, B Arca… - Forest Ecology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The goal of this work is to evaluate by a modeling approach the effectiveness of alternative
fuel treatment strategies to reduce potential losses from wildfires in Mediterranean areas …

Relative humidity and agricultural activities dominate wildfire ignitions in Yunnan, Southwest China: Patterns, thresholds, and implications

L Ying, H Cheng, Z Shen, P Guan, C Luo… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wildfires are land-surface processes and ecological disturbances occurring around the
world. The wildfire regime in Yunnan Province of Southwest China is recognized as similar …

Assessing the social context of wildfire-affected areas. The case of mainland Portugal

S Oliveira, JL Zêzere, M Queirós, JM Pereira - Applied Geography, 2017 - Elsevier
Wildfires cause different impacts, depending on the conditions and resilience level of the
exposed communities. Wildfire occurrence in mainland Portugal was assessed with regard …

Spatial patterns and intensity of land abandonment drive wildfire hazard and likelihood in Mediterranean agropastoral areas

M Salis, L Del Giudice, R Jahdi, F Alcasena-Urdiroz… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
In Mediterranean agropastoral areas, land abandonment is a key driver of wildfire risk as
fuel load and continuity increase. To gain insights into the potential impacts of land …

[HTML][HTML] Participatory multi-criteria evaluation of landscape values to inform wildfire management

G Gamboa, I Otero, C Bueno, H Ballart… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change is expected to increase the number of days with meteorological conditions
conducive to uncontrollable wildfires. Thus, it is necessary to strengthen the capacity of …