DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.03.009
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84960908590
论文题名: Evaluating alternative fuel treatment strategies to reduce wildfire losses in a Mediterranean area
作者: Salis M. ; Laconi M. ; Ager A.A. ; Alcasena F.J. ; Arca B. ; Lozano O. ; Fernandes de Oliveira A. ; Spano D.
刊名: Forest Ecology and Management
ISSN: 0378-1127
出版年: 2016
卷: 368 起始页码: 207
结束页码: 221
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Burn probability
; Fuel treatment strategies
; Mediterranean basin
; MTT algorithm
; Wildfire exposure
; Wildfire risk mitigation
Scopus关键词: Alternative fuels
; Decision making
; Fuels
; Burn probabilities
; Fuel treatments
; Mediterranean basin
; Wildfire exposure
; Wildfire risks
; Fires
; algorithm
; alternative fuel
; burning
; environmental modeling
; forest management
; Mediterranean environment
; probability
; wildfire
; Italy
; Mediterranean Region
; Sardinia
英文摘要: The goal of this work is to evaluate by a modeling approach the effectiveness of alternative fuel treatment strategies to reduce potential losses from wildfires in Mediterranean areas. We compared strategic fuel treatments located near specific human values vs random locations, and treated 3, 9 and 15% of a 68,000 ha study area located in Sardinia, Italy. The effectiveness of each fuel treatment was assessed by simulating 25,000 wildfires using the MTT fire spread algorithm. The simulations replicated severe wildfires observed around the study area, using historic weather and fuel moisture conditions (97th percentile). Wildfire exposure profiles for the study area as a whole and for locations with specific values of interest were analyzed. Results indicated significant variations in wildfire exposure among and within the fuel management strategies and treatment intensities. The simulated mitigation strategies substantially decreased the average wildfire exposure with respect to the untreated condition, and this effect was unequivocal for all strategies. Increasing the percentage of land treated improved the effectiveness of all fuel treatment strategies. The strategy based on road protection provided the highest performances for several wildfire exposure indicators. The methodology presented in this work can be applied to facilitate the design of fuel management programs and support policy decisions to address growing wildfire risk in the region. This work is one of the first applications of fire simulation modeling to evaluate fuel management effectiveness on wildfire risk mitigation in the Mediterranean areas. © 2016 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/64978
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作者单位: University of Sassari, Department of Science for Nature and Environmental Resources (DIPNET), Via De Nicola 9, Sassari, Italy; Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), IAFES Division, Via De Nicola 9, Sassari, Italy; USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Missoula Fire Sciences Laboratory, 5775 US Highway 10W, Missoula, MT, United States; University of Lleida, Department of Agricultural and Forest Engineering, Avenida da Rovira Roure 191, Lleida, Spain; National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Biometeorology (IBIMET), Traversa La Crucca 3, Sassari, Italy; Universita degli Studi di Sassari, Department of Agriculture, Sassari, Italy
Recommended Citation:
Salis M.,Laconi M.,Ager A.A.,et al. Evaluating alternative fuel treatment strategies to reduce wildfire losses in a Mediterranean area[J]. Forest Ecology and Management,2016-01-01,368