GIS analysis of spatial patterns of human-caused wildfire ignition risk in the SW of Madrid (Central Spain)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-354

  Romero Calcerrada, Raul ^a   Novillo, C J ^a   Millington, J D A ^b   Gomez Jimenez, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire risk; GIS; Human caused fires; Ignition risk; Socio economic factors; Spatial pattern; Weights of evidence; Wildland fire

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILDFIRE;

EID: 41049097112     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9190-2     Document Type: Article

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