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The development of a vulnerability assessment method for wildfires

Wiberg, Charlotte LU and Jämtheden, Sofie (2020) In LUTVDG/TVBB VBRM01 20191
Division of Fire Safety Engineering
Abstract
Wildfires pose a serious threat to communities in different parts of the world, mostly in regions with a warmer climate. Due to the increased urbanization next to the forest and climate change, they are currently an issue to be addressed also in other parts of the world. The purpose of this thesis is to provide a first step in the direction of creating a holistic Vulnerability Assessment Method (VAM) regarding wildfires, applicable for Sweden. The aim of this thesis is to review existing wildfire risk assessment tools and look at the factors they consider and determine the most important ones to use in a VAM for the Swedish context. The method is developed with three different modes, namely 1) preventive, 2) operational and 3) evaluative.... (More)
Wildfires pose a serious threat to communities in different parts of the world, mostly in regions with a warmer climate. Due to the increased urbanization next to the forest and climate change, they are currently an issue to be addressed also in other parts of the world. The purpose of this thesis is to provide a first step in the direction of creating a holistic Vulnerability Assessment Method (VAM) regarding wildfires, applicable for Sweden. The aim of this thesis is to review existing wildfire risk assessment tools and look at the factors they consider and determine the most important ones to use in a VAM for the Swedish context. The method is developed with three different modes, namely 1) preventive, 2) operational and 3) evaluative. Each factor in the VAM has five rating levels, a correlation variable and a weight variable. A hypothetical application of the VAM is exemplified through a case study on a municipality in Sweden for the Preventive and Operational modes. The results from the case study show that individual factors can have a great impact on the outcome, and both the overall result and the individual factors should be carefully considered. An advantage of the proposed method is the flexibility in use given the different modes of applications. This makes the method useful for several actors. (Less)
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author
Wiberg, Charlotte LU and Jämtheden, Sofie
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Utveckling av en sårbarhetsanalysmetod för skogsbränder
course
VBRM01 20191
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
vulnerability assessment, wildfire, fire risk assessment, fire danger, rating system, fire, wildland urban interface
publication/series
LUTVDG/TVBB
report number
5616
other publication id
LUTVDG/TVBB--5616--SE
language
English
id
9025144
date added to LUP
2020-09-14 09:15:20
date last changed
2020-09-14 09:23:12
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  abstract     = {{Wildfires pose a serious threat to communities in different parts of the world, mostly in regions with a warmer climate. Due to the increased urbanization next to the forest and climate change, they are currently an issue to be addressed also in other parts of the world. The purpose of this thesis is to provide a first step in the direction of creating a holistic Vulnerability Assessment Method (VAM) regarding wildfires, applicable for Sweden. The aim of this thesis is to review existing wildfire risk assessment tools and look at the factors they consider and determine the most important ones to use in a VAM for the Swedish context. The method is developed with three different modes, namely 1) preventive, 2) operational and 3) evaluative. Each factor in the VAM has five rating levels, a correlation variable and a weight variable. A hypothetical application of the VAM is exemplified through a case study on a municipality in Sweden for the Preventive and Operational modes. The results from the case study show that individual factors can have a great impact on the outcome, and both the overall result and the individual factors should be carefully considered. An advantage of the proposed method is the flexibility in use given the different modes of applications. This makes the method useful for several actors.}},
  author       = {{Wiberg, Charlotte and Jämtheden, Sofie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{LUTVDG/TVBB}},
  title        = {{The development of a vulnerability assessment method for wildfires}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}