Integrated Future Wildfire Hot Spot Mapping for Austria
Abstract
The Austria Fire Futures (AFF) project will focus on mountain forest ecosystems and integrate novel insights on local fuel types into forest fire models, including recreational activities. The project’s main objective is to develop a unique and innovative set of fire hazard hotspot maps at highest spatial resolution under various climate change scenarios. The study will improve our understanding of fire vulnerable forest areas that may shift over time and space given the underlying climate and fuel assumptions. These new fire risk hotspot maps will allow experts, practitioners, and the interested public to take a look into the future in order to comprehend and derive solid short-/medium-/and long-term recommendations for fire resilient and sustainable forest management and fire emergency planning. The project Austria Fire Futures addresses therefore three main objectives : (i) The development of new fire hotspot maps for Austria - based on integrated forward-looking fire danger modeling considering climate change and novel fuel monitoring data (ii) The assessment and integration of the key impacts by hiking tourism on the fire ignition through a case study in Lower Austria/Rax mountain range. (iii) The improvement of the Austrian Fire Information Platform through the implementation of project results and insights to “www.waldbrand.at” and “fire.boku.ac.at” for public display.
keywords forest fire case study fuel Recreation Activitiy fire behaviour
Publikationen
Improving an integrated fire danger assessment with high resolution vegetation parameters
Autoren: Vacik, H; Müller, MM; Silva Andrade, M; Immitzer, M; Dioszegi, G; Atzberger, C; Hollaus, M; Schlaffer, S; Zotta, RM Jahr: 2023
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
State of knowledge, future challenges and options for an integrated fire management in the European Alps
Autoren: Vacik, H; Müller, MM; Vila Vilardell, L; Hoang, T; Mayer, C; Mayr, S; Carrega, P; Duche, Y; Lahaye, S; Böttcher, F; Maier, H; Schunk, C; Zimmermann, L; Ascoli, D; Cotterchio, A; Fiorucci, P; Gottero, F; Pirone, S; Rizzolo, R; Vacchiano, G; Valese, E; Kolsek, M; Kosicek, B; Papez, J; Conedera, M; Ghiringhelli, A; Pezzati, B; Ryser D Jahr: 2023
Conference & Workshop proceedings, paper, abstract
Project staff
Harald Vacik
Ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Harald Vacik
harald.vacik@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91312
BOKU Project Leader
15.09.2022 - 14.09.2025
Mortimer Müller
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.rer.nat. Mortimer Müller
mortimer.mueller@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91318
Project Staff
15.09.2022 - 14.09.2025
Mathias Neumann
Ass.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Mathias Neumann
mathias.neumann@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91328
Project Staff
15.09.2022 - 14.09.2025
Mariana Silva Andrade
Mariana Silva Andrade MSc.
mariana.andrade@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-91318
Project Staff
15.09.2022 - 14.09.2025
BOKU partners
External partners
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Florian Kraxner
coordinator
Bundesforschungszentrum für Wal
Christoph Bauernhansl
partner