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Type: Conference Proceedings
Author(s): Enrico Marchi; Niccolo Brachetti Montorselli; Laura Bonora; Enrico Tesi
Editor(s): Dale D. Wade; Rebekah L. Fox
Compiler(s): Mikel L. Robinson
Publication Date: 2014

The aim of this study is to develop a model for the evaluation of the vulnerability of infrastructures to forest fires in Wildland-Urban Interfaces (WUI). The model, developed using GIS, permits the exposition of the different grades of infrastructure vulnerability through the use of dedicated maps, and the analysis of factors which are most significant in determining a specific level of vulnerability. The factors introduced in the model are: types of vegetation, historical number of fire incidents, slope, and operational difficulties relative to fire suppression. A Multi-Criteria Analysis technique (Analytic Hierarchy Process - AHP) was used to compare the data, and fuzzy logic functions were adopted in an attempt to reduce errors. The AHP was based on interviews with experts (operative room managers, firebosses, researchers). The final product was a pixel map classifying five levels of risk which may prove useful to decision makers in planning prevention action and in establishing priorities.

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Citation: Marchi, Enrico; Montorselli, Niccolo Brachetti; Bonora, Laura; Tesi, Enrico. 2014. A methodology for the assessment of infrastructure vulnerability to forest fires in wildland-urban interfaces. Pages 443-453. In: Wade, Dale D.; Fox, Rebekah L. (Editors); Robinson, Mikel L. (Compiler). Proceedings of the 4th Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, 18-22 February 2013, Raleigh, NC and 1-4 July 2013, St. Petersburg, Russia. Missoula, MT: International Association of Wildland Fire.

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Keywords:
  • analytical hierarchy process
  • Europe
  • fire management
  • fire models
  • fire suppression
  • forest fires
  • GIS - geographic information system
  • Italy
  • multi-criteria decision analysis
  • statistical analysis
  • wildfires
Tall Timbers Record Number: 31267Location Status: Not in fileCall Number: AvailableAbstract Status: Fair use, Okay, Reproduced by permission
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FRAMES Record Number: 17843

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