Development of a Methodology for the Assessment of Vulnerability Related to Wildland Fires Using a Multi-Criteria Evaluation

Geographical Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-319

  Galiana Martín, Luis ^a   Karlsson, Oskar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cartography; Forest management; Hazards; Land use planning; Risk assessment; Sierra Calderona (Spain); Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

CARTOGRAPHY; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; MONTANE FOREST; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; SPATIAL PLANNING; TERRITORY; VULNERABILITY; WILDFIRE;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SIERRA CALDERONA; SPAIN;

EID: 84864501643     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-5871.2011.00718.x     Document Type: Article

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