Forest fire risk maps: A GIS open source application - a case study in Norwest of Portugal

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 699-720

  Teodoro, A C ^a   Duarte, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

desktop GIS; forest fire; open source software; QGIS; risk map

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; GIS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84876345228     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2012.721554     Document Type: Article

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