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Forests
Geospatial Analysis Application to Forecast Wildfire Occurrences in South Carolina
Joel A. Feltman1  Thomas J. Straka1  Christopher J. Post1 
[1] School of Agricultural, Forest and Environmental Sciences, Box 340310, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA;
关键词: wildfire occurrence;    wildfire;    geographical information system;    GIS;    geospatial analysis;   
DOI  :  10.3390/f3020265
来源: mdpi
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【 摘 要 】

Wildfire occurrence and intensity have increased over the last few decades and, at times, have been national news. Wildfire occurrence is somewhat predictable based on physical factors like meteorological conditions, fuel loads, and vegetation dynamics. Socioeconomic factors have been not been widely used in wildfire occurrence models. We used a geospatial (or geographical information system) analysis approach to identify socioeconomic variables that contribute to wildfire occurrence. Key variables considered were population change, population density, poverty rate, educational level, geographic mobility, and road density (transportation network). Hot spot analysis was the primary research tool. Wildfire occurrence seemed to be positively related to low population densities, low levels of population change, high poverty rate, low educational attainment level, and low road density. Obviously, some of these variables are correlated and this is a complex problem. However, socioeconomic variables appeared to contribute to wildfire occurrence and should be considered in development of wildfire occurrence forecasting models.

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CC BY   
© 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

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