Forest plantations and its extension towards urban areas in metropolitan Valparaiso and associations with the increase of wildfires

Since the 70s in central Chile, the expansion of forest plantations has been one of the main causes of landscape modification, being influenced by changes in land cover. Considering the national context of the forest fires that occurred during the summer of 2017, there is a generalized opinion that...

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Main Authors: Vannia Ruiz, Juan Munizaga, Alejandro Salazar Burrows
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Geografía 2017-12-01
Series:Investigaciones Geográficas
Online Access:https://investigacionesgeograficas.uchile.cl/index.php/IG/article/view/48040