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Wildland fires are becoming one of the most critical environmental factors affecting a wide range of ecosystems worldwide. In Mediterranean ecosystems (including also South-Africa, California, parts of Chile and Australia), wildland fires are recurrent phenomena every summer, following the seasonal drought. As a result of changes in traditional land use practices, and the impact of recent climate warming, fires have more negative impacts in the last years, threatening lives, socio-economic and ecological values. The book describes the ecological context of fires in the Mediterranean ecosystems, and provides methods to observe fire danger conditions and fire impacts using Earth Observation and Geographic Information System technologies.

Forest fires -- Mediterranean Region -- Prevention. --- Forest fires -- Mediterranean Region. --- Wildfire forecasting. --- Wildfires -- Mediterranean Region -- Prevention. --- Wildfires -- Mediterranean Region. --- Wildfires --- Forest fires --- Wildfire forecasting --- Remote sensing --- Forestry --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Prevention and control --- Prevention and control. --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Bush fires --- Bushfires --- Wild fires --- Wildland fires --- Geography. --- Geographical information systems. --- Remote sensing. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Geographical Information Systems/Cartography. --- Environmental Monitoring/Analysis. --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Geographical information systems --- GIS (Information systems) --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Cosmography --- Earth sciences --- World history --- Geography --- Monitoring/Environmental Analysis. --- Environmental monitoring. --- Biomonitoring (Ecology) --- Ecological monitoring --- Environmental quality --- Monitoring, Environmental --- Applied ecology --- Environmental engineering --- Pollution --- Measurement --- Monitoring --- Mediterrane Subtropen --- Waldbrand --- Feuerökologie --- Fernerkundung

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The book presents a wide range of techniques for extracting information from satellite remote sensing images in forest fire danger assessment. It covers the main concepts involved in fire danger rating, and analyses the inputs derived from remotely sensed data for mapping fire danger at both the local and global scale. The questions addressed concern the estimation of fuel moisture content, the description of fuel structural properties, the estimation of meteorological danger indices, the analysis of human factors associated with fire ignition, and the integration of different risk factors in

Fire risk assessment. --- Forest fire forecasting. --- Remote sensing. --- Vegetation mapping. --- Wildfires --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics --- Fire extinction --- Fire prevention --- Plant mapping --- Plants --- Cartography --- Fire hazard analysis --- Fire hazard assessment --- Fire risk analysis --- Fires --- Hazard analysis, Fire --- Hazard assessment, Fire --- Risk analysis, Fire --- Risk assessment --- Forecasting, Forest fire --- Forest fires --- Wildfire forecasting --- Prevention and control. --- Mapping --- Forecasting --- Prevention and control