Mapping forest fire risk zones based on historical fire data in Mount Olympus, Greece, using Geographical Information Systems

Management Information Systems

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 613-625

  Filippidis, E I ^a   Mitsopoulos, I D ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Forest fire risk zones; Forest fires; G.I.S; Historical fire data

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM LISTINGS; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; DISASTERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

FIRE RISK ZONES; FOREST RISK ZONES; G.I.S; HISTORICAL FIRE DATA;

FIRES;

DATA PROCESSING; DISASTERS; FIRE PROTECTION; FOREST FIRES; GIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 11844277721     PISSN: 14706326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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