FERRIER , J.p.

En région méditerranéenne, les forêts sont régulièrement la proie des flammes, avec des conséquences écologiques, économiques et sociales souvent désastreuses. Les zones où l'habitat est en contact étroit avec la forêt représentent plus particulièrement un danger et deviennent une véritable préoccupation pour les gestionnaires, qui ont besoin...

At a time of globalization, mobility and wide distribution, the connecting of geographical spaces of different natures becomes more and more frequent. It takes place by means of interfaces, new geographical object, the role of which is to insure mainly the exchange and regulation between different, continuous and connecting systems. These...

Every year, more than 50,000 wildland fires affect about 500,000 ha of vegetation in southern European countries, particularly in wildland-urban interfaces (WUI). This paper presents a method to characterize and map WUIs at large scales and over large areas for wildland fire prevention in the South of France. Based on the combination of four...

This article conveys the scientific positioning of a group of researchers on the concept of interface in geography. It provides a definition and scope for interface that distinguish it from related concepts like discontinuity and limit. It also aims to show how the concept of interface can be used to analyse structures and dynamic space, by...