Abstract Knowledge of the causes of forest fires, and of the main driving factors of ignition, is
an indispensable step towards effective fire prevention policies. This study analyses the …

The direct impacts of climate change involve a multitude of phenomena, including rising sea
levels, intensified severe weather events such as droughts and flooding, increased …

The environmental pollution, property losses and casualties caused by wildfires in California
are getting worse by the year. To minimize the interference of wildfires on economic and …

Fire occurrence, which results from the presence of an ignition source and the conditions for
a fire to spread, is an essential component of fire risk assessment. In this paper, we present …

They may influence us as individuals by their encouragement and guidance; they may affect
their community through their untiring commitment to service and the greater good; or they …

Natural disturbances play a key role in ecosystem dynamics and are important factors for
sustainable forest ecosystem management. Quantitative models are frequently employed to …

Abstract Over recent decades, Land Use and Cover Change (LUCC) trends in many regions
of Europe have reconfigured the landscape structures around many urban areas. In these …

In this study, groundwater spring potential maps produced by three different methods,
frequency ratio, weights of evidence, and logistic regression, were evaluated using …

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 …

Portugal has the highest density of wildfire ignitions among southern European countries.
The ability to predict the spatial patterns of ignitions constitutes an important tool for …