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A Wildland-Urban Interface Typology for Forest Fire Risk Management in Mediterranean Areas

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  • Luis Galiana-Martin
  • Gema Herrero
  • Jesus Solana

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The transitional areas that lie between wildlands and urbanized spaces, generally defined as wildland-urban interfaces (WUI), represent an increasing risk factor in Mediterranean areas; these define a new scenario in forest fire fighting and prevention. We have developed a methodological approach in order to assess the hazard and vulnerability of WUI which is based on landscape analysis, on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques and remote sensing. Unlike traditional approaches which are based on local scale characterization of WUI, we propose a progressive multi-scale approach. In order to reach an operative classification of the WUI the methodology was developed in three stages: a regional urban development model, a landscape character assessment and finally, a WUI typology. The last WUI typology has been based on the identification of different urban morphologies and their context within the type of landscape in which they occur.

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  • Luis Galiana-Martin & Gema Herrero & Jesus Solana, 2011. "A Wildland-Urban Interface Typology for Forest Fire Risk Management in Mediterranean Areas," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(2), pages 151-171, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:36:y:2011:i:2:p:151-171
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2010.549218
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    1. Andrea Colantoni & Gianluca Egidi & Giovanni Quaranta & Roberto D’Alessandro & Sabato Vinci & Rosario Turco & Luca Salvati, 2020. "Sustainable Land Management, Wildfire Risk and the Role of Grazing in Mediterranean Urban-Rural Interfaces: A Regional Approach from Greece," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-16, January.
    2. Mariana Ayala-Carrillo & Michelle Farfán & Anahí Cárdenas-Nielsen & Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez, 2022. "Are Wildfires in the Wildland-Urban Interface Increasing Temperatures? A Land Surface Temperature Assessment in a Semi-Arid Mexican City," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(12), pages 1-15, November.
    3. Ferrara, Carlotta & Carlucci, Margherita & Grigoriadis, Efstathios & Corona, Piermaria & Salvati, Luca, 2017. "A comprehensive insight into the geography of forest cover in Italy: Exploring the importance of socioeconomic local contexts," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 12-22.
    4. Margherita Carlucci & Ilaria Zambon & Andrea Colantoni & Luca Salvati, 2019. "Socioeconomic Development, Demographic Dynamics and Forest Fires in Italy, 1961–2017: A Time-Series Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(5), pages 1-17, March.
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