WUImap
WUImap allows calculation and mapping of wildland-urban interfaces defined in Lampin-Maillet et al. (2010). The tool can also map different configurations of housing referring to the definitions in Lampin-Maillet et al. (2009).
Manual
The manual (available in French with English abstract) describes the method used, and gives some examples of the use of WUImap tool. A user guide for the calculation and mapping of the aggregation index of the vegetation - which is necessary to determine the horizontal structure of vegetation - was also developed in annex with a specific Excel tool for helping to work on large images.
References
- Lampin-Maillet, C., Jappiot, M., Long, M., Bouillon, C. Morge, D. and Ferrier, J.-P. 2010. Mapping wildland-urban interfaces at large scales integrating housing density and vegetation aggregation for fire prevention in the South of France. Journal of Environmental Management 91(3): 732-741. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.10.001
- Lampin-Maillet C. 2009. Caractérisation de la relation spatiale entre organisation spatiale d'un territoire et risque d'incendie: Le cas des interfaces habitat-forêts du sud de la France Thèse de doctorat de l'université Aix-Marseille, mention Lettres et Science humaines (Géographie- Structures et dynamiques spatiales). 321 pages + annexes.
License
WUImap by Cemagref is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 License.
