• Title/Summary/Keyword: WUI Wildfire

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Assessment of the Utility of WUI Mapping Techniques for Wildfire Disaster Management (산불 재난관리를 위한 WUI 매핑 기법 활용성 분석)

  • Lee, Si-Hyeong;Lee, Hu-Dong;Baek, Min-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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    • 2023.11a
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    • pp.339-340
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    • 2023
  • 본 논문에서는 대형 산불이 자주 발생한 강릉시 지역을 대상으로 원형 이동 창 알고리즘 WUI 매핑 기법에 우리나라 공간정보를 적용하여 분석하는 프로그램을 개발하여 실험 결과 WUI 지역은 14.5%, Non-WUI 지역은 85.2%로 매핑되었고, WUI 매핑 결과에 전국 산불연료지도와 중첩 분석한 결과, 32.8%의 면적이 중첩되었으며, 그 중 WUI 1등급은 8.1%, WUI 2등급은 1.4%, WUI 3등급은 2.2%이 중첩되었고, Non-WUI은 88.3%으로 중첩되었다. 중첩분석 결과는 산불로부터 인명과 재산을 보호하기 위해 산불예방 숲 관리가 필요한 최우선지역을 선정하는 기초자료로 활용이 가능할 것으로 확인하였다.

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Applicability evaluation of GIS-based erosion models for post-fire small watershed in the wildland-urban interface (WUI 산불 소유역에 대한 GIS 기반 침식모형의 적용성 평가)

  • Shin, Seung Sook;Ahn, Seunghyo;Song, Jinuk;Chae, Guk Seok;Park, Sang Deog
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.57 no.6
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    • pp.421-435
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    • 2024
  • In April 2023, a wildfire broke out in Gangneung located in the east coast region due to the influence of the Yanggang-local wind. In this study, GIS-based RUSLE(Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation) and SEMMA (Soil Erosion Model for Mountain Areas) were used to evaluate the erosion rate due to vegetation recovery in a small watershed of the Gangneung WUI(Wildland-Urban Interface) fire. The small watershed of WUI fire has a low altitude range of 10-30 m and the average slope of 10.0±7.4° which corresponds to a gentle slope. The soil texture was loamy sand with a high organic content and the deep soil depth. As herbaceous layer regenerated profusely in the gully after the wildfire, the NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) reached a maximum of 0.55. Simulation results of erosion rates showed that RUSLE ranged from 0.07-94.9 t/ha/storm and SEMMA ranged from 0.24-83.6 t/ha/storm. RUSLE overestimated the average erosion rate by 1.19-1.48 times compared to SEMMA. The erosion rates were estimated to be high in the middle slope where burned pine trees were widely distributed and the slope was steep and to be relatively low in the hollow below the gully where herbaceous layer recovers rapidly. SEMMA showed a rapid increase in erosion sensitivity under at certain vegetation covers with NDVI below 0.25 (Ic = 0.35) on post-fire hillslopes. Gentle slopes with high organic content and rapid recovery of natural vegetation had relatively low erosion rate compared to steep slopes. As subsequent infrastructure and human damages due to sediment disaster by heavy rain is anticipated in WUI fire areas, the research results may be used as basic data for targeted management and decision making on the implementation of emergency treatment after the wildfire.