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Remote Sensing for Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Recovery of Fires

A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Remote Sensing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2025 | Viewed by 752

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College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
Interests: forest fires; wildfire assessment; target detection; remote sensing; deep learning

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Lab of Forest Management and Remote Sensing, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: forest fires; land-use/land-cover mapping; pre-fire planning and post-fire assessment; remote sensing; GIS; forest management
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DHI, Agern Alle 5, 2970 Hørsholm, Denmark
Interests: environmental change monitoring; machine learning/deep learning; geospatial artificial intelligence
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Remote sensing, utilizing sensors on satellites, aircraft or UAVs, is crucial for wildfire risk assessment, monitoring and recovery. It enables rapid active fire detection, timely mapping and tracking of burned areas and environmental impact assessment at various scales. Recent advancements in remote sensing technology have further enhanced its capabilities in the field of fire risk assessment, monitoring and recovery. Multi-source sensors, such as optical, thermal, radar and LiDAR, have made it possible to map forest structure, fuel type and arrangement, fire characteristics, etc. Additionally, artificial intelligence algorithms can learn high-level features from multi-source data and significantly improve the accuracy and efficiency of wildfire detection, mapping and recovery modelling.

We welcome research contributions that explore novel methods in remote sensing for risk assessment, monitoring and recovery of fires. We look forward to receiving journal manuscripts that focus on leveraging remote sensing data and artificial intelligence technologies to help analyze the impact of wildfires and advance the state-of-the-art research in this critical field. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Utilizing remote sensing data for early fire detection and risk assessment;
  • Monitoring fire spread and behavior using satellites, aircraft or UAVs;
  • Assessing post-fire damage and recovery efforts through remote sensing techniques;
  • Integrating remote sensing with other technologies for comprehensive fire management;
  • Developing new algorithms and methods for processing and analyzing remote sensing data related to fires.

Dr. Xikun Hu
Dr. Ioannis Gitas
Dr. Puzhao Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • remote sensing
  • geoscience and earth observation
  • artificial intelligence
  • machine learning
  • forest fires
  • post-fire assessment
  • visualization and mapping

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Remote-Sensing-Based Prioritization of Post-Fire Restoration Actions in Mediterranean Ecosystems: A Case Study in Cyprus
by Maria Prodromou, Ioannis Gitas, Christodoulos Mettas, Marios Tzouvaras, Kyriacos Themistocleous, Andreas Konstantinidis, Andreas Pamboris and Diofantos Hadjimitsis
Remote Sens. 2025, 17(7), 1269; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17071269 - 2 Apr 2025
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Global forest degradation and deforestation present urgent environmental challenges demanding efficient strategies for ecological restoration to maximize the impacts and minimize the costs. This study aims to develop a spatial decision support tool to prioritize post-fire restoration actions in Mediterranean ecosystems, with a [...] Read more.
Global forest degradation and deforestation present urgent environmental challenges demanding efficient strategies for ecological restoration to maximize the impacts and minimize the costs. This study aims to develop a spatial decision support tool to prioritize post-fire restoration actions in Mediterranean ecosystems, with a focus on Cyprus. At the core of this study is the GRESTO Index (GreenHIT-RESTORATION Index), a novel geospatial tool designed to guide reforestation efforts in fire-affected areas. GRESTO integrates geospatial data and ecological criteria through a multi-criteria decision-making approach based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The model incorporates nine key indicators, including fire severity, tree density, land cover, fire history, slope, elevation, aspect, precipitation, and temperature, and classifies restoration priority zones into low, medium, and high categories. When applied to the Solea fire event in Cyprus, the model identified 24% of the area as high priority, 66% as medium and 10% as low. The validation against previous restoration actions implemented in the study area demonstrated reliable agreement, with an overall accuracy of 80.9%, a recall of 0.70 for high priority areas, and an AUC of 0.79, indicating very good separability. Moreover, sensitivity analysis further confirmed the robustness of the model under varying parameter weights. These findings highlight the GRESTO model’s potential to support data-driven, cost-effective restoration planning aligned with national and international environmental goals. Full article
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