Building wildland–urban interface zone resilience through performance-based wildfire engineering. A holistic theoretical framework

S Tampekis, S Sakellariou, P Palaiologou… - Euro-Mediterranean …, 2023 - Springer
In recent years, a worldwide expansion in the frequency of large, uncontrolled, and
catastrophic wildfire events has occurred, creating drastic social, economic, and …

Spatial resilience to wildfires through the optimal deployment of firefighting resources: Impact of topography on initial attack effectiveness

S Sakellariou, A Sfougaris, O Christopoulou… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Strongly affected by the escalating impacts of climate change, wildfires have been
increasing in frequency and severity around the world. The primary aim of this study was the …

[HTML][HTML] Visibility evaluation and suitability analysis of fire lookout towers in Mediterranean Region, Southwest Anatolia/Türkiye

U Cosgun, M Coşkun, F Toprak, D Yıldız, S Coşkun… - Fire, 2023 - mdpi.com
The effectiveness of fire towers in combating forest fires relies on their appropriate
observation angles, enabling a swift and efficient response to fire incidents. The purpose of …

Optimal allocation model of forest fire detection towers in protected areas based on fire occurrence risk: Where and how to act?

AHC Ramalho, NC Fiedler… - Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - cdnsciencepub.com
Forest fire detection towers are crucial in supporting rapid firefighting actions in conservation
units and thus reducing environmental, social, and economic damages. Thus, the aim was to …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the Spatial Heterogeneity and Driving Factors of Sustainable Development Level in Chengdu with Point of Interest Data and Geographic Detector …

Y Ling, Y Zhao, Q Ren, Y Qiu, Y Zhang, K Zhai - Land, 2024 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, China has undergone the largest and fastest urbanization
process in world history. By 2023, Chengdu's urbanization rate had reached 80.5 …

Technical Efficiency of Wildfire Detection and Machine Learning Predictions in Alberta, Canada

VN Manawat - 2024 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Wildfire management agencies must continue to evolve and adjust to the dynamic nature of
their industry. They face pressures that include a changing climate with the prospect of …

A holistic social-ecological systems resilience approach based on performance-based wildfire engineering

S Tampekis, P Palaiologou, G Arabatzis, A Kantartzis… - 2022 - researchsquare.com
The recent worldwide increase of large, uncontrolled, and catastrophic wildfires events,
caused important socio-economic issues and with considerable effects to the natural …

Design of Intelligent Control System and Positioning Algorithm for Deployable Wheeled Mobile Robot

L Guo, L Sun, J Zhu - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
With the increasing difficulty of tasks to be performed by robots and the more complex
working environment, wheeled mobile robots must improve their adaptability to achieve real …