Forest fire ignition risk associated with the rail traffic circulation in railway lines

Authors

  • Luciano Lourenço Departamento de Geografia da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra
  • João Rocha NICIF – Núcleo de Investigação Científica de Incêndios Florestais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_17_7

Keywords:

Risk of ignition, rail traffic, railway line, forest fire, prevention.

Abstract

Forest fires, caused by anthropogenic and natural causes, are, at present, the main threat to the Portuguese forest. In turn, the accidental causes, which are the source of many of them, correspond to a particular cluster in terms of their causes.

Forest fires in the vicinity and/or adjacent to the railway line have a relatively low value in the general context of the fires in Portugal. However, in all accidental causes, show a quantitatively large, with implications for the total area burned, and especially in the operation and interruption of the movement of trains.

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Published

2010-08-10

Issue

No. 17 (2010): Risks, Society and Safety

Section

Articles

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