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Contemporary forest fire management in Australia

, 1990
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Forest Fires: Fire Management and the Power Law

2020
Forest fires do not only destroy plants, animals, and structures, but also change the ecology of the habitat. While research of fire dynamics is a hot topic, there are many controversial issues in the field. Forest fires are commonly considered best examples for a scale-free, power-law distribution.
István Karsai, Thomas Schmickl, George Kampis   +2 more
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Forest fire management with Negoplan

1996
The control of forest fires is a complex domain that requires a variety of knowledge and skills in decision making and planning under uncertainty. It poses a challenging problem for the design of simulation and support systems, and therefore acts as a good testbed for the application of intelligent system methodologies.
Sunil J. Noronha, Stan Szpakowicz
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Reform forest fire management

Science, 2015
Agency incentives undermine policy ...
M. P. North, S. L. Stephens, B. M. Collins, J. K. Agee, G. Aplet, J. F. Franklin, P. Z. Fulé   +6 more
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Managing Forest Fires with i-Protect Fire Simulation Module

2012 16th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics, 2012
Emergency management is an essential capability in modern society. As disasters can happen at any time and can differ from each other considerably, it is necessary to develop a supple framework which can comply with each situation. This article discusses the fire simulation component of i-Protect.
Ioannis Filippopoulos, Georgios I. Stamoulis, Panayotis Kikiras   +2 more
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A Decision Support System for forest fire management

Operational Research, 2005
Forest fires are considered natural phenomena but the magnitude of the problem can be attributed to poor forest management and to the extreme weather conditions. Furthermore, the abolishment of traditional activities related to forests has sent away people from the forests that they used to protect them.
Spiros Th. Kaloudis, Nikos A. Lorentzos, Alexander B. Sideridis, Constantine P. Yialouris   +3 more
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Fire Ecology and Management of Southwestern Forests

2021
Forests in the southwestern USA are well adapted to dry conditions. High lightning incidence, long human habitation, and frequently windy conditions make the Southwest stand out for a high pace of burning. Forests are structured by climatic gradients created by elevation and topography.
Peter Z. Fulé, Catrin M. Edgeley, Carol L. Chambers, Serra Hoagland, Blanca Céspedes   +4 more
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Valuing Weather Observation Systems For Forest Fire Management

IEEE Systems Journal, 2008
Weather information is an integral part of modern fire management systems. In this paper, we investigate, by means of simulation studies, how improvements in the weather observation systems help to reduce burned area by targeting and monitoring places ripe fires are likely to occur.
Khabarov, N., Moltchanova, E., Obersteiner, M.   +2 more
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Forest and agroecosystem fire management in Ghana

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2010
The threat of wildfires to the economic potential of forestry and agriculture is one of the persistent national and international concerns. Improving and applying indigenous wildfire management (IWM) approaches is seen as one of the main hopes for mitigating and adapting to this threat to rural forest communities.
Mark Appiah, Lawrence Damnyag, Dominic Blay, Ari Pappinen   +3 more
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Managing Forests and Fire in Changing Climates

Science, 2013
Policy focused on fire suppression only delays the inevitable.
S. L. Stephens, J. K. Agee, P. Z. Fulé, M. P. North, W. H. Romme, T. W. Swetnam, M. G. Turner   +6 more
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