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GIS-based multi-dimensional risk assessment of the grassland fire in northern China

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  • Xing-peng Liu
  • Ji-quan Zhang
  • Zhi-jun Tong
  • Yulong Bao

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This study presents a methodology for risk analysis and assessment to manage grassland fire in northern China based on the Geographical Information Systems from the viewpoints of climatology, geography, disaster science, and environmental science and so on. Using natural disaster and risk assessment theory, a multi-dimensional grassland fire risk index (MGFRI) was proposed by integrating weighted comprehensive method, analytic hierarchy process, and fuzzy gamma method into natural disaster risk index. The developed MGFRI will be an easily understandable tool to manage grassland fire by comparing the risk of regions in the northern China and relative contributions of various factors, for example, hazard, exposure, vulnerability, and management ability. A scale of one to five was derived to measure the risk degree. It shows that 4.4 % of grassland falls in the category of ‘very high’ risk, followed by 9.6, 19.1, 60.9, and 5.9 %, respectively, in the categories ‘high’, ‘middle’, ‘low’, and ‘very low’. The assessment results show reliability by test. The results in this study are intended to support local, provincial, and national government agencies to: (1) make resource allocation decisions; (2) make high-level planning decisions; and (3) raise public awareness of grassland fire risk, its causes, and ways to manage it. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012

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  • Xing-peng Liu & Ji-quan Zhang & Zhi-jun Tong & Yulong Bao, 2012. "GIS-based multi-dimensional risk assessment of the grassland fire in northern China," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 64(1), pages 381-395, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:64:y:2012:i:1:p:381-395
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0244-z
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    1. Jiquan Zhang & Norio Okada & Hirokazu Tatano & Seiji Hayakawa, 2004. "Damage Evaluation of Agro-meteorological Hazards in the Maize-Growing Region of Songliao Plain, China: Case Study of Lishu County of Jilin Province," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 31(1), pages 209-232, January.
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