Observational Evidence of the Need for Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Wildfires Locally and Globally: Case Study of 2018 Wildfire in Mati, Greece

Zabaniotou, Α.; Pritsa, Anastasia; Kyriakou, E-A

doi:10.3390/su13031556

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“…However, as long as wildfires are only understood as an outcome of the biophysical landscape derived from topography, vegetation, and climate, they are likely governed by prioritising wildfire suppression -and fail to account for underlying social characteristics defining their potential impact (Bosomworth 2015;Chipangura et al 2017). Oversimplifying fire as a biophysical risk is misleading because it neglects underlying systemic factors, including cultural or traditional practices, social vulnerability, interagency exchange, or individual capacity to adopt behavioural change (Fischer et al 2016;Steelman 2016;Paveglio et al 2018;Zabaniotou et al 2021). A growing amount of wildfire scholarship explains why and how social factors are shaping the conditions of wildfire regimes and their impact (Pyne 2007;Eriksen and Simon 2017;Wunder et al 2021;Essen et al 2023;Lambrou et al 2023).…”

Section: Theme 4 Social Conditions Of Vulnerability and Impact: Recon...mentioning

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Uncharted territory: governance opportunities for wildfire management and the case of Cyprus

Kirschner,

Steelman,

Charalambidou

et al. 2024

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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Global environmental and social change are pushing wildfire activity and impact beyond known trajectories. Here, we conducted a targeted review to distill five wildfire challenges that we argue form opportunities for their governance (research aim 1). We exemplified our arguments by drawing from the case of Cyprus (research aim 2), a small island country in the south-east European Mediterranean Basin at risk of extreme wildfire impact. Findings indicate that burning for social and ecological resource benefits, innovative management paradigms and anticipatory governance systems offer actionable solutions to the wildfire paradox and the limits of suppression. Local adaptive institutions and a reconceptualisation of wildfire as a risk and process beyond technocratic interpretations are necessary to account for broader social conditions shaping wildfire regimes and community impact. Governance systems that accommodate collective action have proven suitable to address multiple wildfire complexities linked with different socio-economic systems and values. A systematic literature review, policy review, and qualitative data collection on wildfire management in Cyprus track back to the initial framing. Our case study offers insights for tackling wildfires with actionable steps through overarching governance systems, and illustrates the potential for change in thinking of and acting on wildfire in flammable landscapes globally.

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Uncharted territory: governance opportunities for wildfire management and the case of Cyprus

Kirschner,

Steelman,

Charalambidou

et al. 2024

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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“…In the last years, our country is continuously being struck by rapid ongoing natural disasters. We can recall the devastating wildfire in Mati, Attica in summer 2018 (Efthimiou et al, 2020;Garlichs et al, 2021;Kovács, 2019;Lagouvardos et al, 2019;Lekkas et al, 2018;Vallianou et al, 2020;Zabaniotou et al, 2021), the overflowing of the torrents in Mandra, Attica in autumn 2017 (Andreadakis et al, 2018;Diakakis et al, 2019Diakakis et al, , 2020aDiakakis et al, , 2020bKanellopoulos et al, 2020;Speis et al, 2019;Varlas et al, 2019) and in Politika, Psachna, and Vasilika, Euboea in summer 2020 (Karkani et al, 2021;Lekkas et al, 2020a), the frequent intense rainfall events, the devastating typhoon in Lefkas in August 2020, the earthquake and the consequent tsunami in Samos in October 2020 (Evelpidou et al, 2021a;Lekkas et al, 2020b;Papadimitriou et al, 2020), the major earthquake in Elassona in March 2021 (Lekkas et al 2021;, the devastating wildfires in Attica and Euboea in summer (Evelpidou et al, 2022) and many others. During their occurrence, many problems, as well as losses are provoked.…”

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Education of students from Greek schools regarding natural disasters through STEAM

Mereli

Evelpidou

Psycharis

et al. 2023

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed

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The goal of our research is to educate students at primary schools in Greece on rapid ongoing natural disasters through the holistic-interdisciplinary science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics (STEAM)-based method. As a learning tool, an integrated program was designed with a variety of actions and activities aiming to experientially educate students in a holistic-interdisciplinary STEAM-based way. These are based on science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. This three-month program was chosen to be conducted in a private school of Attica, Greece, for the course “skill laboratories”. It was conducted to students of the second (seven years old) and the fifth grade of primary school (10 years old). In the beginning and the end of the program, the 133 participating students were given questionnaires, in order for the program to be assessed as to whether it managed to accomplish the initial goals. A total of 266 digital questionnaires were collected through ArcGIS survey123 application (part of geospatial cloud by Esri), which is an integrated solution for the creation, distribution and analysis of survey data. From the statistical analysis of their answers, the conclusion was that the vast majority of the students felt stress, confusion, depression and shock when they saw a forest fire. Most kids stated that they have thought of the consequences of extended wildfires and the flood events that follow.

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“…Asia was poorly represented, with only one study (Thailand) [52]; and there were only two African countries (Algeria and Ivory Coast) in our analyzed literature. In Europe, research was also unevenly distributed; most were from Mediterranean countries such as Spain and France, although Greece had one publication [53].…”

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A burning issue: Reviewing the socio-demographic and environmental justice aspects of the wildfire literature

et al. 2022

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Larger and more severe wildfires are becoming more frequent and impacting different communities and human settlements. Much of the scientific literature and media on wildfires has focused on area of ecosystems burned and numbers of structures destroyed. Equally unprecedented, but often less reported, are the increasing socioeconomic impacts different people and communities face from wildfires. Such information seems to indicate an emerging need to account for wildfire effects on peri-urban or wildland urban interface (WUI) areas, newer socio-demographic groups, and disadvantaged communities. To address this, we reviewed the socio-demographic dimensions of the wildfire literature using an environmental justice (EJ) lens. Specifically using a literature review of wildfires, human communities, social vulnerability, and homeowner mitigation, we conducted bibliometric and statistical analyses of 299 publications. The majority of publications were from the United States, followed by Canada and Australia, and most dealt with homeowner mitigation of risk, defensible space, and fuel treatments in WUI areas. Most publications studied the direct effects of wildfire related damage. Secondary impacts such as smoke, rural and urban communities, and the role of poverty and language were less studied. Based on a proposed wildfire-relevant EJ definition, the first EJ publication was in 2004, but the term was first used as a keyword in 2018. Studies in WUI communities statistically decreased the likelihood that a publication was EJ relevant. There was a significant relationship between EJ designation and inclusion of race/ethnicity and poverty variables in the study. Complexity across the various definitions of EJ suggest that it should not be used as a quantitative or binary metric; but as a lens to better understand socio-ecological impacts to diverse communities. We present a wildfire-relevant definition to potentially guide policy formulation and account for social and environmental justice issues.

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Observational Evidence of the Need for Gender-Sensitive Approaches to Wildfires Locally and Globally: Case Study of 2018 Wildfire in Mati, Greece

Cited by 10 publications

References 59 publications

Uncharted territory: governance opportunities for wildfire management and the case of Cyprus

Uncharted territory: governance opportunities for wildfire management and the case of Cyprus

Education of students from Greek schools regarding natural disasters through STEAM

A burning issue: Reviewing the socio-demographic and environmental justice aspects of the wildfire literature

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