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Journal of Geography  & Natural Disasters

Journal of Geography  & Natural Disasters
Open Access

ISSN: 2167-0587

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Divine Odame Appiah

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana

Publications
  • Research Article   
    Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Wildfire Occurrence Hotspots and Socio-Environmental Predictors in the Atebubu Amantem District, Ghana
    Author(s): Moses Asori* and Divine Odame Appiah

    The recent surge of fire outbreaks have jeopardized the socioeconomic status of several individuals as well as degraded the biodiversity, specifically in the Atebubu Amantem district and in Ghana in general. However, scientific research effort to assessing and eliciting crucial information for optimized preventive resources allocation and management is limited. This study therefore utilised a 10 year wildfire ignition points data supplied by the Fire Information for Resource Management Systems (FIRMS) to model the fire occurrence and intensity, through the Kernel Density Estimation (KDE) and Getis-Ord G* hotspots analysis. Regression models were also adopted to evaluate the relationship between fire occurrence and certain social, environmental, topographic and climatic variables. Results indicate that, fire occurrence shows a rising trend since 2017 in the district, and the spatial pa.. View More»

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