Social and ecological correlates of rural fires in Greece

Rural fires in Greece have proliferated at alarming rates during the past two decades, seriously threatening the country's forest resources. Researchers and policy makers appear to agree on some key fire policy elements determined on the basis of reasonable hypotheses. This paper constitutes a...

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Published in:Journal of environmental management 1995, Vol.43 (1), p.41-47
Main Author: Lekakis, Joseph N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Applied ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife
Environmental degradation: ecosystems survey and restoration
Forest & brush fires
Forest and land fires
forests
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection
rural fires
statistics
Weather damages. Fires
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Summary:Rural fires in Greece have proliferated at alarming rates during the past two decades, seriously threatening the country's forest resources. Researchers and policy makers appear to agree on some key fire policy elements determined on the basis of reasonable hypotheses. This paper constitutes a first attempt to qualify these hypotheses by means of a simple statistical formulation of fire incidence and fire cause. Applying stepwise and OLS methods on data covering the period 1978–1987, the article concludes that political events and economic development leading to increased demand for land along with some cultural and ecological phenomena are responsible for the destruction of the Greek forests.
ISSN:0301-4797
1095-8630
DOI:10.1016/S0301-4797(95)90310-0