Mediterranean cities under fire. A critical approach to the wildland-urban interface

Applied Geography

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-21

  Darques, Régis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

Author keywords

Cities; GIS; Human fire interactions; Interface; Mediterranean Basin; Wildfires

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST FIRE; GIS; LAND COVER; MODIS; URBAN AREA; WILDFIRE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84923917524     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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