Essays about: "Fire Spatial Patterns"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Fire Spatial Patterns.

  1. 1. Where there is road, there is fire (influence): An exploratory study on the influence of roads in the spatial patterns of Swedish wildfires of 2018

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Gabriel Romeo Ferriols Pavico; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Wildfire; Fire Spatial Patterns; Road; Conformity; FWI; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This study focuses on the Swedish wildfire season of 2018, when the country incurred ten times more than the average burnt area that occurred in previous years. The study aims to address a broad research question: Do roads influence the size of the burned area? This study fills the gap in research on the effects of roads in the spatial patterns of wildfires. READ MORE

  3. 2. Evaluation of the effect of conflict on fire and GPP in Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Lilith Kastens; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate Change; Armed Conflict; Fire; GPP; Remote Sensing; Russia-Ukraine War; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The war in Ukraine in 2022 has caused environmental damages on different scales which come with their own challenges. One of the factors that can cause environmental damage is vegetation fire. READ MORE

  4. 3. How does white rhino respond to fires during dry season?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Tim Herkenrath; [2019]
    Keywords : white rhino; post-fire regrowth; habitat selection; African grazers; megaherbivore;

    Abstract : The white rhino is a megaherbivore grazer that favours the short and nutrient-rich grass on grazing lawns. Since regrowth on lawns requires a certain amount of rainfall, the usage of this food resource is limited to the wet season. During the dry season, white rhinos are able to feed on senescent tall grass. READ MORE

  5. 4. Conflict, narratives, and forest fires in eastern Turkey : a quantitative perspective with remote sensing and GIS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Aiman Shahpurwala; [2019]
    Keywords : geography; burned area; Turkey; warfare ecology; spatial analysis; GEM; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Within Turkey, claims of an increasing number of forest fires ignited by the Turkish military to ‘strategically degrade the environment’ broke out after the Turkish-Kurdish peace process ended in 2015. These claims are built on little evidence, and fire occurrences are not well documented. READ MORE

  6. 5. Measuring urban growth, urban form and accessibility as indicators of urban sprawl in Hamilton, New Zealand

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Deborah Bowyer; [2015]
    Keywords : GIS; urban sprawl; urban growth; urban form; accessibility; New Zealand; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Hamilton City is currently the fourth most populous territorial authority in New Zealand. The city boundary was extended in 1989 in order to provide sufficient land for urban growth for at least 25 years. Despite being neither unplanned nor unchecked, urban growth within this boundary has been branded by the media as urban sprawl. READ MORE