Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 2022 Volume 102, Issue 1, Pages: 107-130
https://doi.org/10.2298/GSGD2201107C
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GIS application in analysis of threat of forest fires and landslides in the Svrljiški Timok basin (Serbia)
Ćurić Vladimir (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia), vlado.curic@yahoo.com
Durlević Uroš 
(University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia)
Ristić Nemanja (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia)
Novković Ivan (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia)
Čegar Nina (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia)
Forest fires and landslides represent very frequent natural disasters in
Serbia. The Svrljiški Timok river basin is located in the southeastern part
of the Republic of Serbia, and according to natural characteristics it
represents a significant area for geohazard study. The task of the research
is to analyse natural and anthropogenic condition by determining locations
which are susceptible to forest fires and landslides in order to protect the
population and infrastructure. Using Geographic Informational Systems (GIS)
and available data, their processing was started for the susceptibility of
the terrain to forest fires using the RC index. For the analysis of the
territory occurrence of landslides the statistical Probability method (PM)
and Landslide Susceptibility Index (LSI) were used. The obtained results
indicate that 20.81% of the area of the Svrljiški Timok basin has a very
high susceptibility to forest fires, while 29.21% of the terrain is highly
susceptible to landslides. The results gained processing the RC index can be
applied to adequate risk management of forest fires, improvement of
monitoring and early warning systems in the study area. Sustainable
management of agricultural land and improvement of environmental protection
can be implemented on the basis of the obtained results for the most
endangered areas of landslides.
Keywords: GIS, forest fires, landslides, Svrljiški Timok basin, environment
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