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Authordc.contributor.authorSarricolea Espinoza, Pablo 
Authordc.contributor.authorSerrano Notivoli, Roberto 
Authordc.contributor.authorFuentealba, Magdalena 
Authordc.contributor.authorHernández Mora, Marina 
Authordc.contributor.authorBarrera, Francisco de la 
Authordc.contributor.authorSmith Guerra, Pamela 
Authordc.contributor.authorMeseguer Ruiz, Óliver 
Admission datedc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T14:39:03Z
Available datedc.date.available2020-05-06T14:39:03Z
Publication datedc.date.issued2020
Cita de ítemdc.identifier.citationScience of the Total Environment 706 (2020) 135894es_ES
Identifierdc.identifier.other10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135894
Identifierdc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/174443
Abstractdc.description.abstractWildfires are gaining importance in the Mediterranean regions owing to climatechange and landscape changes due to the increasing closeness between urban areas and forests prone to wildfires. We analysed the dry season wildfire occurrences in the Mediterranean region of Central Chile (32 degrees S-39 degrees 30'S) between 2000 and 2017, using satellite images to detect burned areas, their landscape metrics and the land use and covers (vegetal) pre-wildfire, in order to determine the population living in areas that may be affected by wildfires. The existing regulations in western Mediterranean countries (Portugal, Spain, France, and Italy) were used to identify and define the wildland-urban interface (WUI) areas, quantifying the people inhabiting them and estimating the population affected by burned areas from 2001 to 2017. We used the Google Earth Engine to process MODIS products and extract both burned areas and land covers. We detected that 25% of the urban population inhabits WUI areas (i.e. Biobio, Araucania and Valparaiso regions) where the urban population exposed to burned areas exceeds 40%. Must of the land use and land covers affected by wildfires are anthropogenic land covers, classified as savannas, croplands, evergreen broadleaf forests and woody savannas, representing >70% of the burned areas. Urban areas show only 0.6% of the burned surface from 2001 to 2017. We estimate that 55,680 people are potentially affected by wildfires, and 50% of them are in just one administrative region. These results show the imperative need for public policies as a regulating force for establishing WU1 areas with the purpose of identifying wildfire risk in urban areas, such as establishing prevention methods as firewalls and prescribed fires.es_ES
Patrocinadordc.description.sponsorshipClimatology Group (Catalan Government) "Juan de la Cierva" postdoctoral grant CLICES Project Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT) CONICYT FONDAPes_ES
Lenguagedc.language.isoenes_ES
Publisherdc.publisherElsevieres_ES
Type of licensedc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile*
Link to Licensedc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/*
Sourcedc.sourceScience of the Total Environmentes_ES
Keywordsdc.subjectChilean Mediterranean ecosystemes_ES
Keywordsdc.subjectGeographical Information Systemes_ES
Keywordsdc.subjectUrban populationes_ES
Keywordsdc.subjectWildfirees_ES
Títulodc.titleRecent wildfires in Central Chile: Detecting links between burned areas and population exposure in the wildland urban interfacees_ES
Document typedc.typeArtículo de revistaes_ES
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