The GUARDIAN project Journal N° 1 Project led by the Cities of Riba-Roja de Turia and Paterna
In the first GUARDIAN Journal, UIA expert Elsa Pastor presents the project’s approach to reducing peri-urban fire risk with reclaimed water.
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Knowledge for living with fire
Technical and opinion articles by the project teams and Urban Innovative Actions experts on forest fires, climate change and water reuse.
GUARDIAN Journal 2: get an update about Riba Roja de Turia’s project
In the second GUARDIAN Journal, UIA expert Elsa Pastor reviews the project’s progress in 2020 and the challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis.
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In the third GUARDIAN Journal, UIA expert Elsa Pastor reviews the project’s progress in 2021 and the challenges of its last implementation phase.
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Reclaimed water against wildfires in the wildland-urban interface: the UIA-GUARDIAN project in Riba-roja de Túria and Paterna
How GUARDIAN uses advanced-treated reclaimed water for green firebreaks and prescribed irrigation to protect the wildland-urban interface in Valencia.
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Integrated wildfire management in the wildland-urban interface: the case study of the municipalities of Riba-roja de Túria and Paterna
How GUARDIAN applies integrated fire management in Riba-roja de Túria and Paterna, with green firebreaks irrigated with reclaimed water.
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The smart use of water to fight WUI fires
With water increasingly scarce, GUARDIAN applies circular economy principles to use reclaimed water efficiently against wildland-urban interface fires.
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Conservationisms in times of pandemic (environmental)
Prompted by the Carcaixent fire and the pandemic, Ferran Dalmau calls for investing in prevention to tackle the environmental crisis and forest fires.
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Learning to live with WUI fires
UIA expert Elsa Pastor explains the fire paradox, why protecting WUI communities is a shared responsibility and how GUARDIAN meets the challenge.
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Living with fire, or the need to adapt to the new scenario of forest fires within the framework of climate change.
Ferran Dalmau (Medi XXI) argues that forest fires are changing for the worse and that we must adapt to the new fire scenario brought by climate change.
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Forest Fires and climate change. A real, global and lethal phenomenon.
Ferran Dalmau explains why we must learn to live with forest fires: risk awareness, municipal and private prevention, and pyrogardening.
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GUARDIAN: AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE TO PROTECT BIODIVERSITY AND PEOPLE
Antonio José Morales (EcoRiba) describes the natural and cultural heritage of La Vallesa that GUARDIAN protects against fire and climate change.
Read moreGUARDIAN: The Re-Use of Water in the defence against Forest Fires
The GUARDIAN partners explain how reclaimed water, treated to remove pesticides, can supply green firebreaks and fire prevention irrigation.
Read moreA replicable solution
GUARDIAN shows that reclaimed water can protect the wildland-urban interface. Let us know if you would like to apply it in your municipality.