Assistant Professor Christos Vasilakos participated in the 15th International Conference of the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Society (IDRiM2025), titled “Advancing Disaster Risk Reduction in Islands and Remote Areas.” The conference emphasized the distinct risk environments and complex challenges faced by islands and remote regions, placing accessibility (physical, social, economic, institutional, etc.) at the center of discussions. Its focus was on how accessibility influences disaster prevention and mitigation, emergency response, and recovery in the era of climate crisis and globalization.
During the conference, Dr. Vasilakos chaired the session “Adjusting European Policies to Future Wildfire Regimes in a Changing Climate” and presented the co-authored paper “OptiFuel: A Multi-Criteria Web-GIS Tool for Optimizing Fuel Treatment Scenarios in Fire-Prone Landscapes.” This work introduces a web-GIS application for fuel management, developed within the framework of the FIRE-RES EU-funded project.
