Spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas

Forest fires are considered a potential hazard that causes physical, biological, and environmental losses. Recent forest fires in tropical peat areas have created atmospheric haze and transboundary pollution. Identifying high fire hazard areas in tropical peat areas can help in forest fire managemen...

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Main Authors: Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin, Sitanggang, Imas Sukaesih, Yaakob, Razali, Mustapha, Norwati
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Commonwealth Forestry Association 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43076/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43076/1/Spatial%20data%20mining%20application%20in%20forest%20fire%20assessment%20in%20tropical%20peat%20areas.pdf
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author Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
Sitanggang, Imas Sukaesih
Yaakob, Razali
Mustapha, Norwati
author_facet Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
Sitanggang, Imas Sukaesih
Yaakob, Razali
Mustapha, Norwati
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description Forest fires are considered a potential hazard that causes physical, biological, and environmental losses. Recent forest fires in tropical peat areas have created atmospheric haze and transboundary pollution. Identifying high fire hazard areas in tropical peat areas can help in forest fire management and reduce atmospheric haze pollution. With the advancement of computer technology, data mining techniques and tools can be used to assess areas with the potential for high hazard to forest fires. This work explores spatial data mining techniques for predicting occurrence of hotspots. The study area was conducted in Rokan Hilir district in Riau Province in Indonesia where peat fires occur during the dry season. The spatial dataset containing spread of hotspots, land cover, rivers, roads, city centers, and peatland was used with socio-economic factors and weather factors. The results showed that spatial decision trees for predicting hotspots had higher accuracy compared to those not using spatial data mining techniques. This study shows the potential of spatial data mining techniques in forest fire hazard assessment in tropical peat areas.
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spelling upm-430762016-05-18T01:21:47Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43076/ Spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin Sitanggang, Imas Sukaesih Yaakob, Razali Mustapha, Norwati Forest fires are considered a potential hazard that causes physical, biological, and environmental losses. Recent forest fires in tropical peat areas have created atmospheric haze and transboundary pollution. Identifying high fire hazard areas in tropical peat areas can help in forest fire management and reduce atmospheric haze pollution. With the advancement of computer technology, data mining techniques and tools can be used to assess areas with the potential for high hazard to forest fires. This work explores spatial data mining techniques for predicting occurrence of hotspots. The study area was conducted in Rokan Hilir district in Riau Province in Indonesia where peat fires occur during the dry season. The spatial dataset containing spread of hotspots, land cover, rivers, roads, city centers, and peatland was used with socio-economic factors and weather factors. The results showed that spatial decision trees for predicting hotspots had higher accuracy compared to those not using spatial data mining techniques. This study shows the potential of spatial data mining techniques in forest fire hazard assessment in tropical peat areas. Commonwealth Forestry Association 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43076/1/Spatial%20data%20mining%20application%20in%20forest%20fire%20assessment%20in%20tropical%20peat%20areas.pdf Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin and Sitanggang, Imas Sukaesih and Yaakob, Razali and Mustapha, Norwati (2014) Spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas. In: XXIV IUFRO World Congress, 5–11 Oct. 2014, Salt Lake City, USA. .
spellingShingle Nuruddin, Ahmad Ainuddin
Sitanggang, Imas Sukaesih
Yaakob, Razali
Mustapha, Norwati
Spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas
title Spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas
title_full Spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas
title_fullStr Spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas
title_full_unstemmed Spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas
title_short Spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas
title_sort spatial data mining application in forest fire assessment in tropical peat areas
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43076/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/43076/1/Spatial%20data%20mining%20application%20in%20forest%20fire%20assessment%20in%20tropical%20peat%20areas.pdf