Browsing by Author "Vacca, Pascale"
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D2.1. WUITIPS - WUI fire management in touristic areas: gap and needs analysis for a harmonized framework
(2023-06-30)
Research report
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Evaluating wildfire vulnerability of Mediterranean dwellings using fuzzy logic applied to expert judgement
(2023)
Article
Open AccessBackground. Wildland–urban interface (WUI) fires pose great challenges to firefighting services and there is a growing need for self-protection and the creation of fire-adapted communities. Aim. A tool that can aid homeowners ... -
Experimental analysis of real-scale burning tests of artificial fuel packs at the Wildland-Urban Interface
(2022-02)
Article
Open AccessThe combustion of artificial fuels at Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) homeowner scale has been identified as a contributor to fire spread through a property, often leading to the ignition of structures, hence involving major ... -
Fire performance of residential shipping containers designed with a shaft wall system
(2022)
Conference report
Open Accessseven story building made of shipping containers is planned to be built in Barcelona, Spain. This study mainly aimed to evaluate the fire performance of one of these residential shipping containers whose walls and ceiling ... -
Fire risk analysis framework at the wildland-urban interface
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2023-07-20)
Doctoral thesis
Open Access(English) Wildfires that reach the border between the wildland and urban areas, defined as the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI), have rapidly expanded in frequency and severity over the past few decades, and the number of ... -
Fires at the wildland-industrial interface. Is there an emerging problem?
(2023-12-01)
Article
Open AccessOver the past years, wildfires have raged with unprecedented intensity across the world, becoming a growing problem, as weather conditions conductive to wildfire ignition and spread will increase in frequency and severity ... -
Methodology for the analysis of structural vulnerability of WUI settlements
(2023-10-01)
Article
Open AccessAs WUI fires have become a global concern, there is a growing need for engineering methodologies that lead to proactive fire management not only at the landscape level, but at all WUI scales. This paper presents a quantitative ... -
Report on LPG infrastructure impact at the WUI microscale
(2019-09-30)
Research report
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Using fuzzy logic to evaluate fire vulnerability of dwellings located at the wildland-urban interface
(2022)
Conference report
Open AccessWUI fires are posing great challenges to firefighting services, which are overwhelmed by the need to not only suppress the fire, but also protect the community. The need for self-protection is therefore growing, as is the ... -
Vulnerability analysis to wildland- urban interface fires in metropolitan areas: an integrated approach
(2022)
Conference lecture
Open AccessWildfires pose a growing threat to populated areas around the world and especially in the Mediterranean Basin. Numerous Mediterranean cities have typically developed neighbourhoods that expand into forest land in which ... -
WUI fire risk mitigation in Europe: A performance-based design approach at home-owner level
(Elsevier, 2020-12)
Article
Open AccessFires at the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) are becoming increasingly hazardous for life safety and property protection. Guidelines and standards for fire practitioners are needed in order to help WUI communities face this ...
