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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