Fire risk and the wildland urban-interface: conceptual reflection

Authors

  • Emanuel Sardo Fidalgo Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_20_8

Keywords:

Wildland-urban interface, wildfire, risk, danger, vulnerability.

Abstract

Recent changes of rural territories and forest have led contemporary societies to become more vulnerable to manifestations of danger for forest fires and, in particular, to fires in the wildland-urban interface. It is therefore important to understand and clarify the concepts and know the territorial dynamics of the of wildland urban-interface.

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Author Biography

Emanuel Sardo Fidalgo, Universidade de Coimbra

Licenciado em Geografia e mestre em Dinâmicas Sociais, Riscos Naturais e Tecnológicos pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra

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Published

2013-07-28

Issue

No. 20 (2013): Risks, Population and Safety

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Articles

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