Observational evidence on the effects of mega-fires on the frequency of hydrogeomorphic hazards. The case of the Peloponnese fires of 2007 in Greece

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 592, Issue , 2017, Pages 262-276

  Diakakis, M ^a   Nikolopoulos, E I ^b   Mavroulis, S ^a   Vassilakis, E ^a   Korakaki, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c WWF Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Floods; Forest fires; Geomorphology; Hydrogeomorphic; Landslides; Megafires

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; FIRE HAZARDS; FLOODS; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARDS; LAND USE; LANDSLIDES; VEGETATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FIRE-AFFECTED AREAS; FOREST FIRES; HYDROGEOMORPHIC; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; MEGAFIRES; RAINFALL INTENSITY; REHABILITATION COST;

FIRES;

CHLOROPHYLL; RAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOOD; FOREST FIRE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ARTICLE; FIRE; FLOODING; FOREST; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GREECE; HAZARD; HYDROGEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; VEGETATION;

GREECE; PELOPONNESE;

EID: 85015672239     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.070     Document Type: Article

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