Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Πρόληψη και Διαχείριση των Φυσικών ΚαταστροφώνLibrary of the School of Science
Supervisors info:
Αριανούτσου - Φαραγγιτάκη Μαργαρίτα Καθηγήτρια ΕΚΠΑ (Επιβλέπουσα), Βασιλάκης Εμμανουήλ Επίκ. Καθηγητής, Μαλλίνης Γεώργιος Επίκ. Καθηγητής Δημοκρίτειου Πανεπιστήμιου Θράκης
Original Title:
Χωρική ανάλυση του κινδύνου και των αναμενόμενων απωλειών των οικοτόπων από δασικές πυρκαγιές στο νησί της Κεφαλονιάς
Translated title:
Spatial analysis of the risk and the expected loss of habitats from forest fires on the island of Cephalonia
Summary:
This thesis focuses on the spatial analysis of the risk and the expected loss
of habitats from forest fires on the island of Cephalonia. Initially, we
conducted an extensive field sampling, measuring the parameters of forest fuels
in order to match the different types of vegetation with types of forest fuels.
Afterwards, in order to assign the spot measurements on the land level (on the
whole island), a satellite image is used to give us the vegetation on the land
level of the island and the matching of vegetation with forest fuels and land
cover. Thereafter, the weather and humidity conditions of forest fuels are
determined for which, through fire simulation model FlamMap, the behavior of
fire and the exposure of vegetation to fire are spatially estimated. In the
last part of the analysis, we estimate the change in the value of Cephalonia's
habitats using the ArcFuel software.
Main subject category:
Natural disasters
Other subject categories:
Databases and Information Systems
Environment
Keywords:
Spatial analysis, Risk from forest fuels, Loss of habitats, Field sampling, Forest fuels
Number of index pages:
6-9
Number of references:
116
