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16 May 2025
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New book: Scientific Perspectives on Wildfire Risk Management from 34 leading researchers across 10 countries
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The Forest Fire Research Centre of ADAI (University of Coimbra, Portugal) has recently published the book “Scientific Perspectives on Wildfire Risk Management at the WUI Property Scale”. The book, coordinated by Miguel Almeida, a senior researcher at CEIF/ADAI, brings together contributions from 34 leading researchers across 10 countries, offering a broad scientific perspective on how wildfire risk can be managed at the WUI property scale.
“The dramatic impacts of wildfires worldwide, particularly when they reach Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) areas, are the primary motivation for this book, which focuses on fire risk management in the defensible space around buildings. It offers different perspectives on WUI characterisation, vulnerability, ignition mechanisms, fuels management, self-protection systems, fire behaviour modelling and regulations. With contributions from experts worldwide, the book provides an integrated view of key aspects and developments in WUI fire risk management.” “Recent dramatic fires have highlight the need for continued research and practical application in both operational and policy-making spheres. One of the key challenges highlighted by recent wildfire events is the incapacity and insufficiency of public civil protection services to address all incidents during very large-scale fires. There is a growing recognition that citizens must play an active role in this challenge,” said Almeida. Contributing authors Miguel Almeida, Luís Mário Ribeiro, Domingos Xavier Viegas, MohammadReza Modarres, Hafsae Lamsaf and Almerindo Ferreira from ADAI, University of Coimbra, Portugal; Dulce Lopes and Inês de Oliveira Martins from the University of Coimbra – Institute for Legal Research and Faculty of Law, Portugal; Jack Cohen from the US Forest Service (retired), USA; Albert Simeoni from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA; Pedro Reszka from Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile; Avi Bar-Massada from the University of Haifa, Israel; David Caballero from MeteoGrid, Spain; Inês Cardoso Oliveira, Carlos Viegas Damásio, João Moura Pires, Diogo Lopes and Gonçalo Prates from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; Marielle Jappiot, Eric Maillé and Anne Ganteaume from INRAE and RECOVER, France; Samuel L. Manzello from Tohoku University, Japan and Reax Engineering, USA; Bruno Guillaume and Eric Guillaume from Efectis, France; Kuibin Zhou from Nanjing Tech University, China; Sayaka Suzuki from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Elsa Pastor, Pascale Vacca, Eulalia Planas and Alba Àgueda from CERTEC, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain; Kim Donghyun from Jeonju University and the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, South Korea; Greg Baker from Fire Research Group Limited, New Zealand; Greg Penney from Fire and Rescue NSW, Australia; and Jacquelyn R. Chase from California State University–Chico, USA. The book is available free of charge and can be downloaded here: https://books.uc.pt/book?book=1433 Source: CTIF |