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Fire Risk and Vulnerability of Austrian Forests under the Impact of Climate Change
- Project Leader
- Vacik Harald, BOKU Project Leader
- Duration:
- 01.05.2011-30.04.2014
- Programme:
- Klima- und Energiefonds
- Type of Research
- Applied Research
- Project partners
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alpS - Centre for Climate Change Adaptation Technologies , Grabenweg 68, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Contact person: Dr. Rudolf Sailer;
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
Universität Graz, Institut für Geographie und Raumforschung , Heinrichstraße 36, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Contact person: Univ. Prof. Dr. Oliver Sass;
Function of the Project Partner: Koordinator
- Staff
- Formayer Herbert, Sub Projectleader
- Arpaci Alexander, Project Staff (bis 31.10.2016)
- Müller Mortimer, Project Staff
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute of Meteorology and Climatology
- Institute of Silviculture
- Funded by
- Klima- und Energiefonds, Leopold-Ungar-Platz 2 / Stiege 1 / 4.OG / Top 142, 1190 Wien, Austria
- Abstract
- Global warming will cause increasing danger of wildfires in Austria which can have long-lasting consequences on woodland ecosystems. The protective effect of forest can be severely reduced leading to natural hazards like avalanches and rockfall. Nevertheless data on wildfire frequency and distribution is currently still sparse and incomplete for Austria and long-lasting postfire degradation under adverse preconditions (e.g. very steep slopes) is a possible phenomenon which is currently widely neglected. In our project FIRIA we intend to compile historical wildfire data including information on fuel loads, fire weather indices (FWI) and recovery. Thereby we aim at assessing the governing climatic and socio-economic factors of forest fire distribution including fire vulnerability of different woodland communities and will model and display the spatial distribution of currently fire-prone areas in Tyrol. Furthermore, we will assess the impact of climate change on the distribution and frequency of fires. Finally, we will locate areas of enhanced natural hazards after wildfire driven deforestation and infrastructure at risk using process models, and work out a catalogue of possible countermeasures.
- Keywords
- meteorology; Global warming; forest protection; silviculture;
- Waldbrand; susceptibility; natural hazards;
- Publications
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Müller, MM; Vacik H (2019): Jüngste Waldbrandgeschichte Nordtirols.
In: Oliver Sass (Hrsg.), Waldbrände in den Nordtiroler Kalkalpen. Verbreitung – Geschichte – Regeneration - Innsbrucker Geographische Studien 41, 91-106; Innsbrucker Studienkreis für Geographie, Innsbruck; ISBN 978-3-901182-44-0 FullText -
Vacik, H; Stubenböck, F; Müller, MM; Simon, A (2019): Mortalität und Regenerationsfähigkeit von Schutzwald nach Waldbränden am Fallbeispiel Absamer Vorberg.
In: Oliver Sass (Hrsg.), Waldbrände in den Nordtiroler Kalkalpen. Verbreitung – Geschichte – Regeneration - Innsbrucker Geographische Studien , ; ; ISBN 41, 195 -208; Innsbrucker Studienkreis für Geographie, Innsbruck; ISBN 978-3-901182-44-0 FullText -
** Arpaci, A; Malowerschnig, B; Sass, O; Vacik, H Using multi variate data mining techniques for estimating fire susceptibility of Tyrolean forests.
APPL GEOGR. 2014; 53: 258-270. WoS FullText FullText_BOKU -
Vacik, H; Arpaci, A; Müller, MM (2014): Monitoring der Waldbrandgefahr in Österreich und anderen Alpenländern .
Wildbach- und Lawinenverbau, 173, 256-267 -
Sass O; Malowerschnig, B; Vacik, H; Arpaci, A; Müller, M; Formayer, H; Leidinger, D; Sailer, R. (2014): Fire Risk and Vulnerability of Austrian Forests under the Impact of Climate Change - Final Report.
Finanziert von: ACRP, 3rd call , 35 -
Vacik, H; Müller, MM (2013): Waldbrand-Datenbank für Österreich.
Wildbach- und Lawinenverbau, 77 Jg., Nr. 172, 188-189 -
Leidinger D.; Formayer H.; Arpaci A. (2013): Analysis of current and future fire weather risk in Tyrol.
In: ICAM, 32nd Conference on Alpine Meteorology, 3-7 June 2013, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, "Book of Abstracts"
[Int. Conferrence on Alpine Meteorology (ICAM), Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, 03.06.2013 - 07.06.2013] -
** Eastaugh, CS; Arpaci, A; Vacik, H A cautionary note regarding comparisons of fire danger indices.
NAT HAZARD EARTH SYS. 2012; 12(4): 927-934. WoS FullText FullText_BOKU -
Arpaci,A; Vacik,H; Sass,O; Sailer,R; (2012): Fire risk and interactions with other natural hazards under the impact of climate change in Austria. [Poster]
In: Global Risk Forum GRF Davos, IDRC Davos 2012 "Integrative Risk Management in a changing World- Pathways to a resillient Society" Programme & short Abstracts
[4th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2012, Davos, Switzerland, 26.08.2012 - 30.08.2012] -
Sass O; Vacik H; Arpaci A; Malowerschnig B; Formayer H; Sailer R; (2012): The FIRIA project: Towards assessing future wildfire hazard in Austria . [Poster]
In: Klimaforschungsinitiative AustroClim, Climate Change Centre Austria CCCA, Klima- und Energiefonds, Universität für Bodenkultur (Hrsg.), Tagungsband Österreichischer Klimatag: Klima, Klimawandel, Auswirkungen und Anpassung sowie Klimaschutz in Österreich, http://www.austroclim.at/fileadmin/user_upload/13._Klimatag2012/Tagungsband.pdf
[13. Österreichischer Klimatag 2012 - Forschung zu Klima, Klimawandel und Auswirkungen in Österreich, Vienna, Austria, 14.06.2012 - 15.06.2012] -
Sass O., Vacik H., Sailer R. (2011): The FIRIA project: Towards assessing future wildfire hazard in Austria . [Poster]
In: Stötter J., Borsdorf A., Veulliet E. (Eds.), Managing Alpine Future – Inspire and Drive Sustainable Mountain Regions Book of Abstracts, http://www.alp-s.at/cms/fileadmin/Downloads/Abstracts_Managing_Alpine_Future_II.pdf
[2nd Managing Alpine Future 2011 - Inspire and drive sustainable mountain regions, Innsbruck, Austria, 21.11.2011 - 23.11.2011] -
Vacik H., Gossow H. (2011): Forest Fire Research and Management Options in Austria: Lessons Learned from the AFFRI and the ALP-FFIRS Networks .
In: Borsdorf, A., J. Stötter & E. Veulliet (Eds.), Managing Alpine Future II - Inspire and drive sustainable mountain regions. , Proceedings of the Innsbruck Conference, November 21-23, 2011. (= IGF-Forschungsberichte 4). Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften: Wien. p. 203-211; ISBN: 978-3-7001-7153-3
[2nd Managing Alpine Future 2011 - Inspire and drive sustainable mountain regions, Innsbruck, Austria, 21.11.2011 - 23.11.2011]
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