Moreno Falcón, MónicaBertolín, C.Arlanzón Quiroz, DanielOrtiz, PilarOrtiz Calderón, Rocío2024-07-312024-07-312023Moreno, M., Bertolín, C., Arlanzón, D., Ortiz, P., & Ortiz, R. (2023). Climate change, large fires, and cultural landscapes in the mediterranean basin: An analysis in southern Spain. Heliyon, 9(6).10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16941https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21586This study has been carried out thanks to FENIX (PID2019-107257RB-I00) financed by MCIN/AEI//10.13039/501100011033/ FEDER "A way to build Europe"; RESILIENT-TOURISM (PYC20 RE034 UPO) project of Consejería de Transformacion ´ Economica, ´ Industria, Conocimiento y Universidades, Junta de Andalucía; Diagnosis and Cataloging of Andalusian Architectural Heritage through Risk and Vulnerability Analysis (UPO 20.01) project of Consejeria de fomento, infraestructura y ordenacion ´ del territorio, Junta de Andalucia. Mr. Moreno is grateful to the State Program for the Promotion of Talent and its Employability in R + D + i of the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain for his technical fellowship (PTA2019-016882) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033.Understanding the factors that influence fire regimes in Mediterranean climates is essential to reduce their risk. This research uses Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station (CHIRPS) and Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite resources to evaluate recent changes in land surface temperature, precipitation, and vegetation and their effects in the occurrence of large fires in the Mediterranean Basin. The results of the analysis of 335 fire events occurred in southern Spain from 2001 to 2020 show an increase in hazardous meteorological factors linked to droughts and thermal anomalies. The study also examines the potential of preserving traditional landscapes to minimize such risk. In fact, the maintenance and recovering of traditional agro-pastoral activities is an effective option to reduce flammability and increase the resilience of cultural landscapes in hazardous climatic conditions.application/pdfenAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Traditional landscapesSatellite resourcesFire riskAndalusiaCHIRPSMODISjournal articleopen access