Perception of forest fire hazards by recreationists in forest ecosystems in mountain regions using the example of Lower Austria/Rax Mountains.
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. The ILEN subproject focuses on the survey of recreational use in the study area and defines hotspots of recreational use. A survey of recreationists examines their awareness of forest fire hazards and attitudes toward forest fire mitigation measures in montane recreation areas.
keywords forest fire Recreation Activity climate change visitor management Awareness rising
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Project staff
Arne Arnberger
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arne Arnberger
arne.arnberger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85311
Project Leader
15.09.2022 - 14.09.2025
Christiane Brandenburg
Ao.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Christiane Brandenburg
christiane.brandenburg@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85312
Sub Projectleader
15.09.2022 - 14.09.2025
Renate Eder
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Renate Eder
renate.eder@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85326
Project Staff
15.09.2022 - 14.09.2025
Eva Maria Konrad
Eva Maria Konrad B.Sc.
eva.konrad@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85341
Project Staff
19.06.2023 - 30.06.2024
Beatrix Schiesser
Dipl.-Ing. Beatrix Schiesser B.A. B.Sc.
beatrix.schiesser@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85339
Project Staff
15.09.2022 - 14.09.2025
BOKU partners
External partners
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Dr. Florian Kraxner
coordinator