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Causes of forest fires in Portugal. Statistical analysis of the investigation performed over the last fifteen years (1996-2010)
| Resumo: | Over the last years, Portugal has not been able to stop the forest fires, both in respect to the number of occurrences and in the size of burnt areas, especially during the summer season, when the high temperatures and the drying fuel generates an environment favorable to the spread of fires, whose ignition has its origin in human acts, negligent and intentional, in more than 90% of the cases.In order to better understand the origin of the forest fires, this study aims to analyze the causes responsible for its ignition in Portugal and monitor how they have progressed, both over the time and in terms of spatial distribution,between the period of 1996 and 2010. |
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| Autores principais: | Lourenço, Luciano |
| Outros Autores: | Fernandes, Sofia; Bento-Gonçalves, António; Castro, Ana; Nunes, Adélia; Vieira, António |
| Assunto: | Feux de forêt Occurrences Causalité Aire brûlée Forest fires Occurrences Causality Burnt area Portugal Incêndios florestais Ocorrências Causalidade Ãrea ardida |
| Ano: | 2012 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Instituição associada: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Cadernos de Geografia |
| Resumo: | Over the last years, Portugal has not been able to stop the forest fires, both in respect to the number of occurrences and in the size of burnt areas, especially during the summer season, when the high temperatures and the drying fuel generates an environment favorable to the spread of fires, whose ignition has its origin in human acts, negligent and intentional, in more than 90% of the cases.In order to better understand the origin of the forest fires, this study aims to analyze the causes responsible for its ignition in Portugal and monitor how they have progressed, both over the time and in terms of spatial distribution,between the period of 1996 and 2010. |
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