Increases in fire risk due to warmer summer temperatures and wildland urban interface changes do not necessarily lead to more fires

Applied Geography

Volumn 56, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Fox, D M ^a   Martin, N ^a   Carrega, P ^a   Andrieu, J ^a   Adnes C ^a   Emsellem, K ^a   Ganga, O ^a   Moebius, F ^a   Tortorollo, N ^a   Fox, E A ^a  

^a University of Nice UMR 6012 ESPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Fire risk; Fire suppression; Forest fires; Land cover change; Wildland urban interface (WUI)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; LAND COVER; SUMMER; WILDFIRE;

FRANCE;

EID: 84909952344     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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