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Wildfire risk and optimal investments in watershed protection
Following what was then one of the most destructive fire years on record, President Bush signed into law the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003. The law requires no less than fifty percent of all funds allocated for hazardous fuels reductions…
Author(s): Travis Warziniack, Matthew P. Thompson
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Living in a tinderbox: wildfire risk perceptions and mitigating behaviours
The loss of homes to wildfires is an important issue in the USA and other countries. Yet many homeowners living in fire-prone areas do not undertake mitigating actions, such as clearing vegetation, to decrease the risk of losing their home. To…
Author(s): Patricia A. Champ, Geoffrey H. Donovan, Christopher M. Barth
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Social science at the wildland-urban interface: a compendium of research results to create fire-adapted communities
Over the past decade, a growing body of research has been conducted on the human dimensions of wildland fire. Building on a relatively small number of foundational studies, this research now addresses a wide range of topics including mitigation…
Author(s): Eric L. Toman, Melanie Stidham, Sarah M. McCaffrey, Bruce A. Shindler
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Social amplification of wildfire risk: the role of social interactions and information sources
Wildfire is a persistent and growing threat across much of the western United States. Understanding how people living in fire-prone areas perceive this threat is essential to the design of effective risk management policies. Drawing on the social…
Author(s): Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Katherine L. Dickinson, Patricia A. Champ, Nicholas Flores
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Creating “Community”? Preparing for Bushfire in Rural Victoria
The term “community” has a long and contested lineage in social analysis and debate. This lineage, however, is not generally recognized in policy and public debates on community and bushfire in Australia. “Community” is thought to be central to…
Author(s): Peter Fairbrother, Meagan Tyler, Alison Hart, Bernard Mees, Richard Phillips, Julie Stratford, Keith Toh
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The rising cost of wildfire protection
Headwaters Economics produced this report to better understand and address why wildfires are becoming more severe and expensive. The report also describes how the protection of homes in the Wildland-Urban Interface has added to these costs and…
Author(s): Ross Gorte
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Fighting fire with fire: does a policy of broad-scale prescribed burning improve community safety?
Wildfires cause enormous damage worldwide, particularly in Victoria, Australia, with growing populations in fire-prone ecosystems. Broad-scale prescribed burning is an established, yet controversial, wildfire management policy in Victoria and…
Author(s): Danielle Clode, Mark A. Elgar
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Wildfire, wildlands, and people: understanding and preparing for wildfire in the wildland-urban interface - a forests on the edge report
Fire has historically played a fundamental ecological role in many of America’s wildland areas. However, the rising number of homes in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), associated impacts on lives and property from wildfire, and escalating costs…
Author(s): Susan M. Stein, Sara J. Comas, James P. Menakis, Mary A. Carr, Susan I. Stewart, Helene Cleveland, Lincoln Bramwell, Volker C. Radeloff
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