The interaction of fire and mankind: Introduction.

Pyrodiversity is the coupling of biodiversity and fire regimes in food webs

Fire positively and negatively affects food webs across all trophic levels and guilds and influences a range of ecological processes that reinforce fire regimes, such as nutrient cycling and soil development, plant regeneration and growth, plant community assembly and dynamics, herbivory and predation. Thus we argue that rather than merely describing spatio-temporal patterns of fire regimes, py...

The interaction of fire and mankind.

Functions of Human-to-Human Interpretation in Ethics

Anthropology is considered one of the most important philosophical issues and a platform for moral discussions. In this study, to explain the nature of man, three interpretations have been expressed: “interpretation of mankind as nature”, which took place in the period of modernism, according to which man is a creature equal to nature; “Interpretation of mankind as God” which arises from the te...

Extended Abstracts (چکیده های گسترده به زبان انگلیسی)

Analysis of the Location of Urban Fire Stations Case Study: Piranshahr City I. Ebrahimzadeh[1] D. Kashefidoost[2] A. Hosseini[3] 1. Introduction The first key point in order to allocate city facilities and proper use of them especially during the crisis, is choosing (selecting) the optimum location (place) regarding to different and sometimes contradictory conditions. This becomes more importan...

Identification and Analysis of Critical Activities of Firefighting Department for Structural Fire Scenarios Using Task and Training Requirements Analysis (TTRAM)

Introduction: Increasing the civil incidents including residential fires is a consequence of population growth and development of cities. Residential fire is one of the most important scenarios requiring fast response. Fire response operation encompass various and serious risks for responding team members. Therefore, the present study looks for determining the critical tasks of fire operation r...