A global index for mapping the exposure of water resources to wildfire

Forests

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Robinne, François Nicolas ^a   Miller, Carol ^b   Parisien, Marc André ^c   Emelko, Monica B ^d   Bladon, Kevin D ^e   Silins, Uldis ^a   Flannigan, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

^c NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global index; Water resources exposure; Water security; Wildfire hazard; Wildfire water risk

Indexed keywords

FIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GLOBAL INDEX; NATURAL DISTURBANCE REGIME; WATER RESOURCE EXPOSURE; WATER SECURITY; WATERS RESOURCES; WILDFIRE HAZARDS; WILDFIRE WATER RISK;

WATER RESOURCES;

AGGREGATION; DRY FOREST; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; VEGETATION MAPPING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RESOURCE; WILDFIRE;

EID: 84957570294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19994907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/f7010022     Document Type: Article

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