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WILDFIRE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON THE INHABITED AREAS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. CASE STUDY: CENTRAL GREECE AND THESSALY
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Due to the changes in global climate patterns, wildfires have recently become a significantly greater threat to both human settlements and the corresponding activities. The same degree of threats is applicable for numerous species of fauna and vegetation, all across the world, especially in arid climate areas. Scientists that have conducted research on the subject revealed that climate significantly influences the probability of certain areas towards being affected by wildfires, especially taking into consideration the naturally occurring events. The areas most prone to wildfire risks are those located in arid climates or those with rich vegetation cover, and countries characterized by such type of climate undergo the severe effects of wildfires on a yearly basis. According to international scientific literature, when confronted with frequent, large-scale fires, the highest damage is taken by farmland, protected areas such as national parks, road infrastructure, villages and also towns and cities. As a response to this increasingly more frequent phenomenon, in order to mitigate its effects, it is of high importance to thoroughly understand their occurrence behavior and to identify the most common places they associate with. Similar to other Mediterranean countries, Greece has registered an important number of wildfires in the last years, some of these situations requiring international support. The aim of this study is therefore, to quantify wildfires in Thessaly and Central Greece region, by means of remote sensing, GIS techniques and free and open access data. The impact of the wildfires on different land use types, protected areas, road infrastructure etc. can be quantified through spatial analysis. The results of such analyses are of significant importance, in order to better understand the phenomena and to plan for future situations if necessary.
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