Managing road corridors to limit fire hazard. A simulation approach in southern France

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 457-465

  Curt, Thomas ^a   Delcros, Philippe ^b  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

^b Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Cellular automaton; Ecological engineering; Fire hazard; Firewise landscaping; Road corridor; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; FIELD SURVEYS; FIRE RISKS; FIRE SPREAD; FIREWISE; FUEL TREATMENTS; GROWTH PATTERNS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; ROAD CORRIDOR; SIMULATED FIRE; SIMULATION APPROACH; SPATIAL PATTERNING; VEGETATION MANAGEMENT; VEGETATION PATTERN; VEGETATION TYPE;

AUTOMATA THEORY; CELLULAR AUTOMATA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE HAZARDS; FIRES; FLAME RESISTANCE; FLAMMABILITY; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; ROADS AND STREETS; ROBOTS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

VEGETATION;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CORRIDOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FRANCE;

EID: 77249116824     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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