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Table 1 Variables examined for their association with wildfires in Galicia

From: Examining socioeconomic factors associated with wildfire occurrence and burned area in Galicia (Spain) using spatial and temporal data

Land and environment

Wind-Summer

Wind velocity during summer

Humidity-Summer

Humidity during summer

T°-Summer

Temperature during summer

DisCenter

Buildings and dwellings of a singular entity divided by a set of towns with less than ten buildings, which form streets, squares, or other urban roads

Rural-hotels

Rural hotels per municipality

%Bush-Pasture

Proportion of bush and pasture per municipality

%Forest-tree

Proportion of tree forests per municipality

%Livestock-farm

Percentage of cattle heads per farm

Road-density

Road km per municipality

Population

Vegetative-balance

Difference between the numbers of births and deaths per municipality

Waste-habitant

Waste produced per habitant per year

%Unemployment

Population temporarily off per municipality

%Foreign

Percentage of foreigners per municipality

Population > 64

Population over 64 per municipality

Retirement-pensions

Number of retirement pensions per municipality

Economy

PlotValue-habitant

Plots in thousands of Euros divided by people registered in the Real Estate Cadastre

GDP-per-capita

GDP per person

Income-per-capita

Income per person

Debt-per-capita

Municipality debt per person

  1. de Diego et al., 2020 and 2021