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The Human and Physical Determinants of Wildfires and Burnt Areas in Israel

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  • Noam Levin

    (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Geography
    The University of Queensland, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management)

  • Naama Tessler

    (University of Haifa-Oranim, Department of Biology and Environment, Faculty of Natural Sciences)

  • Andrew Smith

    (The University of Queensland, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management)

  • Clive McAlpine

    (The University of Queensland, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management)

Abstract

Wildfires are expected to increase in Mediterranean landscapes as a result of climate change and changes in land-use practices. In order to advance our understanding of human and physical factors shaping spatial patterns of wildfires in the region, we compared two independently generated datasets of wildfires for Israel that cover approximately the same study period. We generated a site-based dataset containing the location of 10,879 wildfires (1991–2011), and compared it to a dataset of burnt areas derived from MODIS imagery (2000–2011). We hypothesized that the physical and human factors explaining the spatial distribution of burnt areas derived from remote sensing (mostly large fires, >100 ha) will differ from those explaining site-based wildfires recorded by national agencies (mostly small fires,

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  • Noam Levin & Naama Tessler & Andrew Smith & Clive McAlpine, 2016. "The Human and Physical Determinants of Wildfires and Burnt Areas in Israel," Environmental Management, Springer, vol. 58(3), pages 549-562, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:envman:v:58:y:2016:i:3:d:10.1007_s00267-016-0715-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s00267-016-0715-1
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