Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1181-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1181-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 4
Research article
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06 Apr 2022
Research article |  | 06 Apr 2022

Environmental factors affecting wildfire-burned areas in southeastern France, 1970–2019

Christos Bountzouklis, Dennis M. Fox, and Elena Di Bernardino

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The study addresses the evolution of burned areas in southeastern France from 1970 to 2019 through the scope of a firefighting policy shift in 1994 that resulted in a significant decrease in the burned area. Regions with large fires were particularly impacted, whereas, in other areas, the fires remained frequent and occurred closer to built-up zones. Environmental characteristics such as south-facing slopes and low vegetation (bushes) are increasingly associated with burned areas.
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