Land degradation versus fire : a spiral process ?

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

BAJOCCO, S.

Council for research in Agriculture - Unit of Climatology and Meteorology applied to Agriculture (CRA-CMA), Italie

SALVATI, L.

Sapienza Univ., Rome, Italie

RICOTTA, C.

Sapienza Univ., Rome, Italie

Description :
The aim of this paper is to analyse the relationship between fire incidence and land degradation (LD) and their potential feedbacks in Sardinia during two reference periods, 1990 and 2000. Results indicated that in areas already affected by high LD vulnerability there is a sort of LD-fire spiralling connection that can be seen as a mutual early-warning system with strong implications on fire prevention strategies and landscape quality status monitoring.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Progress in physical geography, issn : 0309-1333, 2011, vol. 35, n°. 1, p. 3-18, nombre de pages : 16, Références bibliographiques : 2 p.

Date :
2011

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Sage Publications

Langue :
Anglais