Glasnik Srpskog geografskog drustva 2023 Volume 103, Issue 1, Pages: 279-300
https://doi.org/10.2298/GSGD2301279J
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GIS analysis of the forest fire occurrence possibilities and their impact on tourism offer of the Sokobanja municipality
Jovanović Dušica 
(University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia), dusica.jovanovic@gef.bg.ac.rs
Stojković Sanja (University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography, Belgrade, Serbia)
The tourism sector, which is a significant driver of economic development, is
particularly vulnerable to the risks of forest fires. Forest fires are a
natural disaster that can have enormous consequences for tourism. This paper
analyses the possibility of forest fires occurrence and their impact on
tourist facilities in the Sokobanja municipality. Forest fires can occur
naturally or as a result of anthropogenic impact. For the purposes of this
analysis data about land cover, relief characteristics (slope and aspect)
and distance from roads and settlements were used and processed in GIS
environment (open source software “QGIS”). Based on the forest fire
susceptibility index, areas with different degrees of endangerment were
identified, which were then overlapped with the locations of tourist
facilities. The applied methodology can be used except for the
identification of endangered areas and the prediction of the degree of
danger to the tourist offer and for the planning of appropriate prevention
measures.
Keywords: natural hazard, forest fires, GIS, tourism offer
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