Geospatial approach for defining the Wildland-Urban Interface in the Alpine environment

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-20

  Conedera, Marco ^a   Tonini, Marj ^b   Oleggini, Lorenzo ^a   Vega Orozco, Carmen ^b   Leuenberger, Michael ^b   Pezzatti, Gianni Boris ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine environment; Fire management; GIS model; Variable importance; WUI

Indexed keywords

DECISION TREES; DEFORESTATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FIRE HAZARDS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; TRANSPORTATION; VEGETATION;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; FIRE MANAGEMENT; GIS MODELING; VARIABLE IMPORTANCES; WUI;

FIRES;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BURNING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; GIS; SATELLITE DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; URBAN PLANNING; WILDFIRE;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; ENVIRONMENTS; FOREST FIRES; GIS; MANAGEMENT; MODELS;

GRAUBUNDEN; SWITZERLAND; TICINO; VALAIS;

EID: 84924326130     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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