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FIRELAN - An ecologically based planning model towards a fire resilient and sustainable landscape. A case study in Center Region of Portugal

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dc.contributor.authorMagalhães, Manuela R.
dc.contributor.authorCunha, Natália S.
dc.contributor.authorPena, Selma B.
dc.contributor.authorMuller, Ana
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-19T10:17:04Z
dc.date.available2021-07-19T10:17:04Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the role of landscape planning as a tool for rural fire prevention. It presents a methodology for a fire resilient and sustainable landscape model (FIRELAN) that articulates the ecological and cultural components in a suitable and multifunction land-use plan. FIRELAN is a conceptual and ecologically based model that recognizes river basin’ land morphology, microclimate and species combustibility as the fundamental factors that determine fire behavior and landscape resilience, along with the ecological network (EN) for achieving ecological sustainability of the landscape. The model is constituted by the FIRELAN Network and the Complementary Areas. This network ensures the effectiveness of discontinuities in the landscape with less combustible landuses. It also functions as a fire-retardant technique and protection of wildland-urban interface (WUI). This model is applied to municipalities from Portugal’s center region, a simplified landscape severely damaged by recurrent rural fires. The results show that land-use and tree species composition should change drastically, whereas about 72% of the case study needs transformation actions. This requires a significant increase of native or archaeophytes species, agricultural areas, landscape discontinuities and the restoration of biodiversity in Natura 2000 areas. The EN components are 79% of the FIRELAN N area, whose implementation ensures soil and water conservation, biodiversity and habitats. This paper contributes to the discussion of the Portuguese rural fires planning frameworkpt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationMagalhães, M.R.; Cunha, N.S.; Pena, S.B.; Müller, A. FIRELAN—An Ecologically Based Planning Model towards a Fire Resilient and Sustainable Landscape. A Case Study in Center Region of Portugal. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7055pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su13137055pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/21644
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationSCAPEFIRE PCIF/MOS/0046/2017pt_PT
dc.relationUID/AGR/04129/2020pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectfire prevention modelpt_PT
dc.subjectrural sustainable landscapept_PT
dc.subjectecological networkpt_PT
dc.subjectland-use planningpt_PT
dc.subjectresilient forestpt_PT
dc.subjectPortugalpt_PT
dc.titleFIRELAN - An ecologically based planning model towards a fire resilient and sustainable landscape. A case study in Center Region of Portugalpt_PT
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person.familyNameBeatriz Almeida Nunes Pena Baldaia
person.givenNameNatália
person.givenNameSelma
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