The economic value of fire damages in Tuscan agroforestry areas

iForest: Biogeosciences and Forestry

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Claudio Fagarazzi¹  Roberto Fratini¹  Mara Montanino¹  Mauro Viccaro²  Mario Cozzi²  Severino Romano²  Francesco Riccioli³ 

[1] University of Florence, Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Forestry Sciences and Technologies;University of Basilicata, School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences;University of Pisa, Department of Veterinary science - rural economic section

关键词: Fire Damage;    FARSITE;    Total Economic Value;    Fire Simulation;    GIS;   

DOI  :  10.3832/ifor3607-013

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Societa Italiana di Selvicoltura ed Ecologia Forestale (S I S E F)

【 摘 要 】

The Tuscan Region (Central Italy) spends about 12 million euros every year in the prevention and suppression of forest fires. In this context, this study aims to analyse the economic and environmental benefits derived from fire suppression activities. Starting from a case study of a real fire event in Tuscany, we simulated three hypothetical scenarios (with different fire durations) without fire extinction activities planned by using the open source software FARSITE. Benefits derived from fire extinction activities can be quantified as the avoided damage, which has been calculated through the estimation of the total economic value of forests not destroyed by fire thanks to the extinction action. The avoided damage is represented by the difference between values of forest areas burned by the real fire event and those burned by simulated fire. By providing an economic estimation of avoided damages, our results confirm that forest fire services and forest management have a high impact on both the economy and the environment.

【 授权许可】

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