Soil, a non-renewable resource, sustains life on Earth by supporting around 95% of global
food production and providing ecosystem services such as biomass production, filtration of …

Southern Europe is a highly fire-prone region where extreme fires have often disastrous
consequences on both structures and people. Human activities and fire weather conditions …

Forest fire disaster is currently the subject of intense research worldwide. The development
of accurate strategies to prevent potential impacts and minimize the occurrence of disastrous …

Recent wildfire events (eg Mediterranean region, USA, and Australia) showed that this
hazard poses a serious threat for wildland–urban interface (WUI) areas around the globe …

This paper presents a review of concepts related to wildfire risk assessment, including the
determination of fire ignition and propagation (fire danger), the extent to which fire may …

This study presents an analysis of the influence of general landscape-level indicators on
wildfire and its spatial susceptibility across a fire-prone landscape in the southeast of China …

Forest areas in Portugal are often affected by fires. The objective of this work was to analyze
the most fire-affected areas in Portugal in the summer of 2016 for two municipalities …

Wildfires have greater impacts on socially vulnerable communities. Identifying these
vulnerable communities and enhancing understanding of what influences their susceptibility …

Forest wildfires usually occur due to natural processes such as lightning and volcanic
eruptions, but at the same time they are also an effect of uncontrolled and illegal …

The Mediterranean region is routinely affected by forest fires, with adverse consequences on
ecological, infrastructural, and socioeconomic assets. In a context of climate change, it is …