| FIREURISK - Developing a holistic risk-wise strategy for european wildfire management |
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CESAM Responsible researcher -
Ana Isabel Miranda
Programme - Horizon 2020 Execution dates - 2021-04-01 - 2025-03-31 (48 Months) Funding Entity - EC Funding for CESAM - 260000 € Proponent Institution - ASSOCIAÇÃO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DA AERODINAMICA INDUSTRIAL Participating Institutions Universidade de AveiroUniversidad De Alcala, Spain Kentro Meleton Asfaleias, Greece Association Pegase, France European University Cyprus, Cyprus Universita Degli Studi Di Roma La Sapienza, Italy Senckenberg Gesellschaft Fur Naturforschung, Germany Technische Universitaet Dresden, Germany Rise Research Institutes Of Sweden Ab, Sweden Universidad de Cordoba, Spain Meteogrid Sl, Spain Institute Of Information And Communication Technologies, Bulgaria Institutul National De Cercetare Dezvoltare In Silvicultura Marin Dracea, Romania Stichting Vu, Netherlands Sveuciliste U Splitu, Fakultet Elektrotehnike, Strojarstva I Brodogradnje, Croatia Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Italy The James Hutton Institute, United Kingdom Oy Arbonaut Ltd, Finland Ilmatieteen Laitos, Finland National Center For Scientific Research "Demokritos", Greece University of Haifa, Israel Universite de Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France Universidad de Lleida, Spain Istituto di Sociologia Internazionale Di Gorizia Isig, Italy Scienseed Sl, Spain Potsdam Institut Fuer Klimafolgenforschung, Germany Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis, Greece Satways, Greece Gmv Aerospace and Defence SA, Spain Instituto Portugues do Mar e da Atmosfera, Portugal Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpement, France King's College London, United Kingdom Swansea University, United Kingdom Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas, Spain Regional Eastern Europe Fire Monitoring Center, Ukraine Bushfire and Natural Hazards Crc Limited, Australia The Governors of the University Of Alberta, Canada Project Description FIREURISK will develop, evaluate and disseminate a science-based integrated strategy to: 1) expand current wildland fire risk assessment systems, including critical factors of risk previously not covered; 2) produce effective measures to reduce current fire risk conditions, and 3) adapt management strategies to expected future climate and socio-economic changes. This will be achieved in close collaboration between researchers, stakeholders and citizens, integrating novel technologies, guidelines and policy recommendations to improve current systems and practices from regional to EU scales. The project will address all wildfire types, with particular focus on mega-fires, the Wildland Urban Interface and fire challenges in the Northern EU. A risk-centred management strategy will integrate wildfire prevention, suppression and restoration practices and policies in a holistic conceptual framework, and implement an operational platform that supports joint coordination, professional training and operational exercises, involving multiple stakeholders and addressing all relevant wildfire management tasks, to improve protection of citizens exposed to wildfires. FIREURISK will (a) model socio-economic issues and human activity influencing fire ignition, vulnerability and exposure, (b) evaluate the impact of National and EU policies on land use change, rural economy and development, in context of expected future fire regime changes, and (c) consider potential cascading effects linked to wildfire situations. This will allow FIREURISK to deliver innovative risk-informed regional planning approaches that are effective in increasing the resilience of local communities, ensuring safety and enhancing protection of assets and economic activity. The resulting advances in fire risk reduction will be linked to innovative organisational and efficient business models that promote cost-effective bio-economy and nature-based solutions. Project webpage https://fireurisk.eu/
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