Domenech Jardí, Ruth (Date of defense: 2011-11-18)
Increased wildfire activity over the last years has made fire managers to become more concerned about the effectiveness of current fuel treatment practices to reduce fire risk and severity. Fuel ...
Rengel Darnaculleta, Borja (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
Accidental releases of flammable hydrocarbons in chemical process industries can trigger severe hazards: explosions, fires, and dispersion of toxic vapour clouds. Explosions and toxic releases may injure ...
Rios Rubiras, Oriol (Date of defense: 2018-11-30)
Wildfires are an ecological phenomenon inherent to earth dynamics and widely spread over the globe. In addition to the environmental impact, when wildfires grow beyond controllable magnitudes, they pose ...
Vacca, Pascale (Date of defense: 2023-07-20)
(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, ...