Have Historical Land Use/Land Cover Changes Triggered a Fire Regime Shift in Central Spain?
Fire is one of the main disturbance factors shaping the landscape, and landscape is a key driver of fire behavior. Considering the role played by land use and land cover (LULC) changes as the main driver of landscape dynamics, the aim of this study was to calculate and analyze (i) the real impact of...
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| author | Cristina Montiel-Molina Lara Vilar Catarina Romão Sequeira Oskar Karlsson Luis Galiana-Martín Gonzalo Madrazo-García de Lomana Mª Teresa Palacios-Estremera |
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| description | Fire is one of the main disturbance factors shaping the landscape, and landscape is a key driver of fire behavior. Considering the role played by land use and land cover (LULC) changes as the main driver of landscape dynamics, the aim of this study was to calculate and analyze (i) the real impact of fire on LULC changes and (ii) how these LULC changes were influencing the fire regime. We used methods of historical geography and socio-spatial systemic analysis for reconstructing and assessing the LULC change and fire history in six case studies in the Central Mountain System (Spain) from archival documentary sources and historical cartography. The main result is an accurate dataset of fire records from 1497 to 2013 and a set of LULC maps for three time points (1890s–1930s, 1956–1957, and the 2000s). We have shown the nonlinear evolution of the fire regime and the importance of the local scale when assessing the interaction of landscape dynamics and fire regime variation. Our findings suggest that LULC trends have been the main influencing factor of fire regime variation in Central Spain since the mid-19th century. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7860f25c1426471294567ec7da833fae2022-12-22T04:04:16ZengMDPI AGFire2571-62552019-08-01234410.3390/fire2030044fire2030044Have Historical Land Use/Land Cover Changes Triggered a Fire Regime Shift in Central Spain?Cristina Montiel-Molina0Lara Vilar1Catarina Romão Sequeira2Oskar Karlsson3Luis Galiana-Martín4Gonzalo Madrazo-García de Lomana5Mª Teresa Palacios-Estremera6Department of Geography, Complutense University of Madrid, c/Prof. Aranguren s/n, 28040 Madrid, SpainInstitute of Economics, Geography and Demography (IEGD-CCHS), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), c/Albasanz, 26–28, 28037 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Geography, Complutense University of Madrid, c/Prof. Aranguren s/n, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Geography, Complutense University of Madrid, c/Prof. Aranguren s/n, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Geography, Autonomous University of Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco, F-IX 203. Avda. Francisco Tomás y Valiente, 1, 28049 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Geography, Complutense University of Madrid, c/Prof. Aranguren s/n, 28040 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Geography, Complutense University of Madrid, c/Prof. Aranguren s/n, 28040 Madrid, SpainFire is one of the main disturbance factors shaping the landscape, and landscape is a key driver of fire behavior. Considering the role played by land use and land cover (LULC) changes as the main driver of landscape dynamics, the aim of this study was to calculate and analyze (i) the real impact of fire on LULC changes and (ii) how these LULC changes were influencing the fire regime. We used methods of historical geography and socio-spatial systemic analysis for reconstructing and assessing the LULC change and fire history in six case studies in the Central Mountain System (Spain) from archival documentary sources and historical cartography. The main result is an accurate dataset of fire records from 1497 to 2013 and a set of LULC maps for three time points (1890s–1930s, 1956–1957, and the 2000s). We have shown the nonlinear evolution of the fire regime and the importance of the local scale when assessing the interaction of landscape dynamics and fire regime variation. Our findings suggest that LULC trends have been the main influencing factor of fire regime variation in Central Spain since the mid-19th century.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/2/3/44Central Mountain Systemfire historygeohistorical sourcesIberian Peninsulalandscape dynamicsPyrogeographylocal scaleLULC |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Montiel-Molina Lara Vilar Catarina Romão Sequeira Oskar Karlsson Luis Galiana-Martín Gonzalo Madrazo-García de Lomana Mª Teresa Palacios-Estremera Have Historical Land Use/Land Cover Changes Triggered a Fire Regime Shift in Central Spain? Fire Central Mountain System fire history geohistorical sources Iberian Peninsula landscape dynamics Pyrogeography local scale LULC |
| title | Have Historical Land Use/Land Cover Changes Triggered a Fire Regime Shift in Central Spain? |
| title_full | Have Historical Land Use/Land Cover Changes Triggered a Fire Regime Shift in Central Spain? |
| title_fullStr | Have Historical Land Use/Land Cover Changes Triggered a Fire Regime Shift in Central Spain? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Have Historical Land Use/Land Cover Changes Triggered a Fire Regime Shift in Central Spain? |
| title_short | Have Historical Land Use/Land Cover Changes Triggered a Fire Regime Shift in Central Spain? |
| title_sort | have historical land use land cover changes triggered a fire regime shift in central spain |
| topic | Central Mountain System fire history geohistorical sources Iberian Peninsula landscape dynamics Pyrogeography local scale LULC |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-6255/2/3/44 |
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