Dr Yang Zhang

The limitation of resources and the requirements for quick responses demand prediction of locations where fires will occur. Employing fire records within empirical models is essential to quantify the characteristics of fire occurrence to support planning and decision-making. Dr Yang Zhang’s study incorporated geospatial information in exploring how top-down and bottom-up drivers regulate fire occurrence and how the relationships between them vary spatially in south eastern Australia, with the aim of providing practical guidance for fire management.