European Wildfire Danger and Vulnerability in a Changing Climate: Towards Integrating Risk Dimensions. Costa, H., de Rigo, D., Libertà, G., Houston Durrant, T., & San-Miguel-Ayanz, J. Publications Office of the European Union.
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In Europe, forests cover over one third of the land area, but the continent is characterised by high fragmentation of land cover, with complex patterns of human settlements and land uses, where populated areas are frequently found close to wildland. This human-nature interface may be due to either expansion of wildland (for example on abandoned agricultural areas) or to the extension of settlements in areas previously characterised by a high proportion of wildland. Consequently, wildfires have a great impact on agricultural resources and urban settlements, with critical consequences for the safety and health of citizens, the safeguard of economic assets and the provision of essential services from fire-damaged ecosystems. Furthermore, climate change may directly change fire regimes in Europe and globally and affect the biophysical conditions of ecosystems so that, in some areas of Europe, the current vegetation structure might become irrecoverable after fire damage.
@book{costaEuropeanWildfireDanger2020,
  title = {European Wildfire Danger and Vulnerability in a Changing Climate: Towards Integrating Risk Dimensions},
  shorttitle = {European Wildfire Danger and Vulnerability in a Changing Climate},
  author = {Costa, Hugo and de Rigo, Daniele and Libertà, Giorgio and Houston Durrant, Tracy and San-Miguel-Ayanz, Jesús},
  date = {2020-05-15},
  publisher = {{Publications Office of the European Union}},
  location = {{Luxembourg}},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.2760/46951},
  abstract = {In Europe, forests cover over one third of the land area, but the continent is characterised by high fragmentation of land cover, with complex patterns of human settlements and land uses, where populated areas are frequently found close to wildland. This human-nature interface may be due to either expansion of wildland (for example on abandoned agricultural areas) or to the extension of settlements in areas previously characterised by a high proportion of wildland. Consequently, wildfires have a great impact on agricultural resources and urban settlements, with critical consequences for the safety and health of citizens, the safeguard of economic assets and the provision of essential services from fire-damaged ecosystems. Furthermore, climate change may directly change fire regimes in Europe and globally and affect the biophysical conditions of ecosystems so that, in some areas of Europe, the current vegetation structure might become irrecoverable after fire damage.},
  isbn = {978-92-76-16898-0},
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  langid = {english},
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