Human-caused fire occurrence modelling in perspective: a review

S Costafreda-Aumedes, C Comas… - International Journal of …, 2017 - CSIRO Publishing
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 …

Climate–vegetation–fire interactions and feedbacks: trivial detail or major barrier to projecting the future of the Earth system?

RMB Harris, TA Remenyi, GJ Williamson… - Wiley …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fire is a complex process involving interactions and feedbacks between biological,
socioeconomic, and physical drivers across multiple spatial and temporal scales. This …

Prediction of forest fire susceptibility applying machine and deep learning algorithms for conservation priorities of forest resources

S Saha, B Bera, PK Shit, S Bhattacharjee… - Remote Sensing …, 2023 - Elsevier
Periodic forest fires occur in sub-tropical deciduous forest of Ayodhya hill region which is
extended part of Eastern Ghats Mountain Range (India). This forest provides diverse …

Spatio-temporal analysis of forest fire events in the Margalla Hills, Islamabad, Pakistan using socio-economic and environmental variable data with machine learning …

A Tariq, H Shu, S Siddiqui, I Munir, A Sharifi… - Journal of Forestry …, 2022 - Springer
Most forest fires in the Margalla Hills are related to human activities and socioeconomic
factors are essential to assess their likelihood of occurrence. This study considers both …

Multi-temporal analysis of forest fire probability using socio-economic and environmental variables

SJ Kim, CH Lim, GS Kim, J Lee, T Geiger, O Rahmati… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
As most of the forest fires in South Korea are related to human activity, socio-economic
factors are critical in estimating their probability. To estimate and analyze how human activity …

Modelling spatial patterns of wildfire occurrence in South-Eastern Australia

Y Zhang, S Lim, JJ Sharples - Geomatics, Natural Hazards and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This paper describes the development and validation of spatial models for wildfire
occurrence at a broad landscape scale. The hotspots databases from the Moderate …

Corrigendum to: a threatened ecological community: research advances and priorities for Banksia woodlands

AL Ritchie, LN Svejcar, BM Ayre… - Australian Journal of …, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
The rapid expansion of urban areas worldwide is leading to native habitat loss and
ecosystem fragmentation and degradation. Although the study of urbanisation's impact on …

Electrically caused wildfires in Victoria, Australia are over-represented when fire danger is elevated

C Miller, M Plucinski, A Sullivan, A Stephenson… - Landscape and Urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Electricity distribution infrastructure causes fewer wildfires than most other sources of
ignition. However, these fires have been associated with more severe consequences than …

The timing of fireworks-caused wildfire ignitions during the 4th of July holiday season

RS Vachula, JR Nelson, AG Hall - PLoS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Although anthropogenic climate change is causing increased wildfire activity in the United
States (US), humans are also an important ignition source. Humans cause a surge in wildfire …

Some wildfire ignition causes pose more risk of destroying houses than others

KM Collins, TD Penman, OF Price - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Many houses are at risk of being destroyed by wildfires. While previous studies have
improved our understanding of how, when and why houses are destroyed by wildfires, little …