Forest Fires in Europe: Facts and Challenges

Wildfire Hazards, Risks, and Disasters

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 77-99

  Tedim, Fantina ^a   Xanthopoulos, Gavriil ^b   Leone, Vittorio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^c Forestry and Environmental Sciences ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Europe; Governance; History; Land use; Megafires; Socioeconomic development; Wildland urban interface

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; FIRE HAZARDS; HISTORY; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

EUROPE; GOVERNANCE; MEGAFIRES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE;

FIRES;

EID: 84942134893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-410434-1.00005-1     Document Type: Chapter

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