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全球野生土地与城市的接口
Franz Schug1, Avi Bar-Massada2, Amanda R Carlson3
1SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA. fschug@wisc.edu.
Nature
|July 19, 2023
概括
建筑物与植被相遇的荒野与城市界面 (WUI) 是一个全球现象. 这项研究绘制了WUI的地图, 揭示了它对数十亿人的影响,
科学领域:
- 环境科学,地理,遥感,城市规划
背景情况:
- 荒野与城市界面 (WUI) 是人类与环境互动的关键区域, 造成野火,息地丧失和疾病传播等风险.
- 之前对WUI的全球分析缺乏,这阻碍了对其范围和影响的全面了解.
研究的目的:
- 为2020年创建一个高分辨率的全球地图.
- 确定全球WUI热点并分析这些地区的人口密度,土地覆盖面和生物质变化.
- 评估生活在WUI和附近野火事件的人口比例.
主要方法:
- 使用遥感数据集开发全球一致和验证的方法.
- 使用10米分辨率的数据来绘制建筑面积和野地植被.
- 人口分布和森林火灾附近地区的分析 (2003-2020年).
主要成果:
- 这是一个全球现象,占地面积的4.7%,但拥有35亿人口 (几乎是全球人口的一半).
- 确定了许多以前未经记录的WUI热点,人口密度,土地覆盖面和生物质水平各不相同.
- 欧洲 (15%的土地面积) 和温带宽叶/混合森林 (18%) 显示WUI广泛存在. 三分之二的人生活在森林火灾附近, 其中有1.5亿人生活在非洲.
结论:
- 全球WUI是一个显著而广泛的全球特征,大量人群处于危险之中.
- 气候变化引起的野火活动增加需要了解WUI内的住房增长和植被模式.
- 这份全球WUI地图为未来的研究,政策和风险管理策略提供了关键的基础.
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