This article reviews current drought effects on environmental systems. It stresses the need
for considering environmental drought as a relevant type to be included in drought …

Every year approximately half a million hectares of land are burned by wildfires in southern
Europe, causing large ecological and socio-economic impacts. Climate and land use …

In recent years, the concept of resilience has been introduced to the engineering field in
particular related to disaster mitigation and management. However, the built environment is …

Background Few studies have examined post-fire vegetation recovery in temperate forest
ecosystems with Landsat time series analysis. We analyzed time series of Normalized Burn …

Recent world‐wide episodes of tree dieback have been attributed to increasing
temperatures and associated drought. Because these events are likely to become more …

Exploring the role of fire in each of the five Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, this
book offers a unique view of the evolution of fire-adapted traits and the role of fire in sha** …

Abstract Purpose of Review Resilience is a key concept to deal with an uncertain future in
forestry. In recent years, it has received increasing attention from both research and practice …

The objective of this research was to establish a holistic framework for defining and
measuring disaster resilience for a community at various scales. Seven dimensions …

Natural disturbances such as wildfires cause significant alterations to the structure and
functioning of semi-arid ecosystems. After such disturbances, the recovery of the soil …

Satellite sensors are well suited to monitoring changes on the Earth's surface through
provision of consistent and repeatable measurements at a spatial scale appropriate for …