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| Title: | Is native forest an alternative to prevent wildfire in the WUI in Central Portugal? |
| Authors: | Oliveira, Aline
Sande Silva, Joaquim
Gaspar, José
Guiomar, Nuno
Fernandes, Paulo |
| Editors: | Nunes, Adélia
Amaro, António
Vieira, António
Castro, Fátima
Félix, Fernando |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2021 |
| Publisher: | Associação Portuguesa de Riscos, Prevenção e Segurança |
| Citation: | Oliveira, A.S., Silva, J.S., Gaspar, J., Guiomar, N., Fernandes, P., 2021. Is native forest an alternative to prevent wildfire in the WUI in Central Portugal? In: Nunes, A., Amaro, A., Vieira, A., Castro, F.V., Félix, F. (coord.) Geografia, Riscos e Proteção Civil. Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Luciano Lourenço. Volume 2. Associação Portuguesa de Riscos, Prevenção e Segurança, Vilarinho. |
| Abstract: | The expansion of the 2017 mega-fires in Portugal was observed to be locally
halted by native forest patches. Here we present spatial simulation scenarios of fire
behaviour to assess whether native forest cover mitigates fire spread during extreme
wildfire conditions in wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas around Industrial
Zones (IZs). Our results suggest that broadleaved forest cover can reduce fireline
intensity and rate of spread around IZs up to 20 and 8 times, respectively, on
average. Thus, our results support the need to discuss forest management in Portugal
to better prevent WUI fires. |
| URI: | https://www.riscos.pt/wp-content/uploads/2018/Outras_Pub/outras/llourenco/volume2/pdf/Livro_HLL092021_volume2_P3_05.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/10174/31587 |
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