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oa A web-based platform LANDSCAPE FIRES: regional-level fire management information system for Northern Ukraine
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, Geoinformatics, May 2021, Volume 2021, p.1 - 6
Abstract
Catastrophic landscape fires of 2020 that in four episodes burnt at least 160 000 ha of forest and other lands in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Zhytomyrska, Kharkivska and Luhanska oblasts required development and implementation of modern web-based platforms, that combine use of geoinformation technologies, remote sensing data and advanced fire science methods for better spatio-temporal assessment of fire risks in landscapes and modelling potential behavior of catastrophic fires. Common access to data on such platform of policy makers, agencies and fire managers as well as other stakeholders will contribute to better prevention and suppression of fires in regional and national scale. Main features and functions of geoportal “Landscape Fires of Ukraine” presented in the paper as well as some pilot cases that demonstrate capacity of this perspective tool that could be important step toward transition to integrated landscape fire management in Ukraine.