Jose Tadeu Marques Aranha & Maria Rosario Melo Costa 
Wildfires 
Perspectives, Issues and Challenges of the 21st Century

The present book intends to outline different approaches regarding wildland fires, showing different perspectives and challenges present in the beginning of the 21st century and emerging in different case studies that reveal how wildfires are being faced in some countries around the world (Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Algeria, Mozambique, Lithuania and Chile). Therefore, this book includes fifteen valuable contributions that reflect its title: Wildfires: Perspectives, Issues and Challenges of the 21st Century.The first part of this book includes topics that expresses different realities and challenges on wildfire analysis in Europe, South America and Africa, in a total of six chapters.The second part of this book, entitled "New Perspectives and Methodologies on Wildfire Research", which is composed of five chapters, is focused on the implementation of recent techniques and methodologies to promote wildfire knowledge and forest management.The last part is related to recent developments on soils and ashes analysis, and their off-site effects on water quality. It is composed of four chapters where these topics are discussed.