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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">gesj</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2071-9388</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2542-1565</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Russian Geographical Society</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24057/2071-9388-2019-148</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">gesj-1318</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>RESEARCH PAPER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Detection Of Fire-Prone  Areas In Attica Region Integrating Urban And Transport Aspect</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kourmpa</surname><given-names>Efthymia</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Iroon Politechneiou 9, 15780 Zographos</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">sbef95@hotmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Tsigdinos</surname><given-names>Stefanos</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Iroon Politechneiou 9, 15780 Zographos</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>National Technical University of Athens</institution><country>Greece</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2020</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>02</day><month>10</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>13</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>84</fpage><lpage>89</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Kourmpa E., Tsigdinos S., 2020</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Kourmpa E., Tsigdinos S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kourmpa E., Tsigdinos S.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/1318">https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/1318</self-uri><abstract><p>In Mediterranean climate areas, wildfires are one of the most critical problems bringing about several negative impacts (loss of human life, infrastructure damages, landscape transformation, natural environment deterioration, etc.). Fires pose great dangers not only for rural areas, but also for suburban or even urban areas. The aim of the research is to detect areas vulnerable to wildfire in Attica Region and then to examine the critical factors affecting the risk degree in macro and microscale. In the first step we examine the wider study area, which is close to vulnerable areas in a zone at least 1km wide. This examination includes the factor of vegetation along with other factors such as road network, aspect, slope etc, aiming to detect the exact area vulnerable to fire. The second step focuses on a vulnerable study area individually, for identifying and measuring the factors that affect the risk degree in microscale. The most notable factors are: a) population density, b) connectivity of the road network, c) geometric features of the streets, c) location of fire stations and police departments, d) existence of open spaces, e) parking conditions and f ) existence of vulnerable facilities. The wider study area (macroscale) is the Regional Unit of Eastern Attica and the main study area (microscale) is the settlement of Saronida. The findings indicate that several rural and peri-urban areas inEastern Atticaare vulnerable to wildfire. Particularly, crucial issues regarding microscale are the low roadway width values and the inadequate connectivity of the network structure.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Wildfires</kwd><kwd>vulnerable areas detection</kwd><kwd>public safety</kwd><kwd>GIS-based analysis</kwd><kwd>fire-prone area</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">We would like to express our deep gratitude to postgraduate students, Ioannis Markou, Mouratidou Eleni, Tsafourou Niki and Filippa Eleni of Interdisciplinary Program of Postgraduate Studies «Environment and Development», for their valuable support during the collection of data.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Adab H., Kanniah K. and Solaimani K. (2011). GIS-based Probability Assessment of Fire Risk in Grassland and Forested Landscapes of Golestan Province. 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