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Tehnicki VjesnikVolume 25, Issue 3, June 2018, Pages 891-897

GIS multi-criteria analysis for identifying and mapping forest fire hazard: Nevesinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina(Article)(Open Access)

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  • aUniversity of Defense, Department of Geography, Pavla Jurisica Sturma 33, Beograd, 11000, Serbia
  • bUniversity of Banja Luka, Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Vojvode Stepe Stepanovića 77/3, Banja Luka, 78000, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • cUniversity "Union-Nikola Tesla", Faculty for Business Studies and Law in Belgrade, Jurija Gagarina 149a (TC Piramida), Belgrade, 11070, Serbia

Abstract

Fire risk management starts with an assessment of the most flammable places. In this paper, identification, classification and mapping of forest fire risk is completed with an aim of reducing the ratio and ecological damage caused by the fire. Suggested model is based on the combination of Geographical Information Systems and multi-criteria decision analysis using Analytic Hierarchy Process for mapping and assessment of forest fire risk in the area of Municipality Nevesinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The process was developed with an aid of 8 criteria grouped in four clusters. The weights are determined using AHP. Final map of forest fire risk is classified in 5 categories, from very low to very high risk, and indicates that 13.2% of Municipality area is in very high forest fire risk zone. The proposed method and the results of this study can be used for a policy of sustainable development at all levels of government. © 2018, Strojarski Facultet. All rights reserved.

Author keywords

Bosnia and HerzegovinaForest fireGeographic Information System (GIS)Multi-criteriaNevesinjeRisk map

Indexed keywords

Engineering controlled terms:Damage detectionDeforestationFire hazardsGeographic information systemsInformation systemsInformation useMappingMapsRisk assessmentRisk management
Engineering uncontrolled termsBosnia and herzegovinaForest firesMulti-criteriaNevesinjeRisk maps
Engineering main heading:Fires
  • ISSN: 13303651
  • Source Type: Journal
  • Original language: English
  • DOI: 10.17559/TV-20151230211722
  • Document Type: Article
  • Publisher: Strojarski Facultet

  Gigović, L.; University of Defense, Department of Geography, Pavla Jurisica Sturma 33, Beograd, Serbia;
© Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

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