INVESTIGADORES
GHERMANDI Luciana
artículos
Título:
Wildland?Urban Interface Fires and Socioeconomic Conditions:
Autor/es:
MONICA DE TORRES CURTH, CAROLINA BISCAYART & LUCIANA GHERMANDI
Revista:
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2012 vol. 49 p. 876 - 891
ISSN:
0364-152X
Resumen:
Abstract In many regions of the world, fires are primarily of
anthropogenic origin. In northwestern Patagonia, the number of
fires is not correlated with meteorological variables, but is
concentrated in urban areas. This study was conducted in the
wildland?urban interface (WUI) area of San Carlos de Bariloche
(Patagonia,Argentina),within theNahuelHuapi National
Park. WUI fires are particularly problematic because, besides
people and goods, they represent a danger to protected areas.
We studied the relationship between fire records and socioeconomic
indicators within the WUI of San Carlos de Bariloche.
We conducted a Multiple Correspondence Factorial
Analysis and an Ascendant Hierarchical Classification of the
city neighborhoods. The results show that the neighborhoods in
Bariloche can be divided into three classes: High Socioeconomic
Fire Risk neighborhoods, including neighborhoods with
the highest fire rates, where people have low instruction level,
high levels of unsatisfied basic needs and high unemployment
levels; Low Socioeconomic Fire Risk neighborhoods, that
groups neighborhoods which present the opposite characterization,
and Moderate Socioeconomic Fire Risk neighborhoods,
which are more heterogeneous. Once neighborhoods
were classified, a Socioeconomic Fire Risk mapwas generated,
supplementing the existingWUI Fire Danger map