GIS-based probability Assessment of natural hazards in forested landscapes of central and South-Eastern Europe

Environmental Management

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 920-930

  Lorz, C ^a   Furst C ^a   Galic, Z ^b   Matijasic, D ^c   Podrazky, V ^d   Potocic, N ^e   Simoncic, P ^f   Strauch, M ^a   Vacik, H ^g   Makeschin, F ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment   (Serbia)

^c Slovenian Forest Service   (Slovenia)

^d CUA Prague ^*  (Czech Republic)

^e CROATIAN FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^f SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adaptive management; Drought; Forest fire; Probability mapping; Risk assessment; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ADAPTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT; BURNT AREAS; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CROWN CONDITIONS; DATA SETS; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; EUROPEAN FORESTS; FOREST FIRES; FOREST GOODS; FOREST INVENTORY; FORESTED LANDSCAPES; GROWING SEASON; HIGH PROBABILITY; HOT SPOT; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NATURAL HAZARD; PROBABILITY ASSESSMENTS; PROBABILITY MAPPING; PROBABILITY MAPS; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; ROOTING DEPTHS; SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER BALANCE; WIND SPEED; WINDTHROWS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FIRES; HAZARDS; RATING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PROBABILITY;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREST FIRE; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; NATURAL HAZARD; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FIRE ECOLOGY; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSCAPE; PROBABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISASTERS; DROUGHTS; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE, EASTERN; FIRES; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TREES; WIND;

DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST FIRES; HAZARDS; MAPPING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE;

EID: 79151476471     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9508-0     Document Type: Article

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