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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-1181-2022
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Environmental factors affecting wildfire-burned areas in southeastern France, 1970–2019
Christos Bountzouklis
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
UMR CNRS 7300 ESPACE, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice 06204, France
Dennis M. Fox
UMR CNRS 7300 ESPACE, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice 06204, France
Elena Di Bernardino
UMR CNRS 7351 LJAD, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice 06108, France
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- Changing patterns of forest fires-climate relationships during 1961–1997 in Greece: Is it the effect of climate change? N. Koutsias et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2026.182051
- Comparative Analysis between Remote Sensing Burned Area Products in Brazil: A Case Study in an Environmentally Unstable Watershed J. da Silva Junior et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire7070238
- Fire Spread Simulation Modeling to Assess Wildfire Hazard and Exposure to Communities in Northern Iran R. Jahdi et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire9040176
- Post-Fire Streamflow Prediction: Remote Sensing Insights from Landsat and an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle B. Acharya & M. Barber https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17223690
- Long‐term comparison shows protected and non‐protected forests differ in harvesting, but not in wildfires or drought‐driven dieback J. Espelta et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70282
- Assessing the implementation of wildfire mitigation initiatives for the protection of villages in Portugal A. Gonçalves et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100935
- The potential of landscape metrics for estimating forest fire risk in Poland A. Kolanek et al. https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2026-0010
- Contribution of biophysical and climate variables to the spatial distribution of wildfires in Iran K. Shojaeizadeh et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-023-01638-x
- Predicting wildfire ignition causes in Southern France using eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) methods C. Bountzouklis et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acc8ee
- Assessment of wildfire risk under normal and extreme climate conditions: A multi-criteria approach E. Özelkan et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-026-06122-0
- Spatial and temporal variability of forest fires in the Republic of Korea over 1991–2020 J. Kim et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-025-07169-4
- Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of extreme fire severity in Spain for the period 1985–2018 A. Alvarez et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110185
- Accounting for forest fire risks: global insights for climate change mitigation L. Chu et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-023-10087-0
- Integrating susceptibility maps of multiple hazards and building exposure distribution: a case study of wildfires and floods for the province of Quang Nam, Vietnam C. Luu et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-4385-2024
- Integrating AHP-based wildfire susceptibility with a CA–Markov urban growth scenario for exposure mapping in the coastal districts of İzmir Province, western Turkey M. Yılmaz & H. Alphan https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-026-08133-6
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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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