International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. Том 10. 2003. С. 203-220
Emergencies of natural character are widespread including forest fires. In this article there is an assessment of fire danger of Moscow region on the basis of monitoring forest condition. There are analysis of soil and vegetation maps, provided the territory drained peat lands by deciphering satellite images. A lot of criteria of fire hazard evaluation and recommendations for its reduction were done.