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Wildland-urban interface (WUI)

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Assessing the impacts of federal forest planning on wildfire risk-mitigation in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Year of Publication
2016
Publication Type

We analyzed the impact of amenity and biodiversity protection as mandated in national forest plans on the implementation of hazardous fuel reduction treatments aimed at protecting the wildland urban interface (WUI) and restoring fire resilient forests. We used simulation modeling to delineate areas on national forests that can potentially transmit fires to adjacent WUI.

Rebuilding and new housing development after wildfire

Year of Publication
2015
Publication Type

The number of wildland-urban interface communities affected by wildfire is increasing, and both wildfire suppression and losses are costly. However, little is known about post-wildfire response by homeowners and communities after buildings are lost. Our goal was to characterise rebuilding and new development after wildfires across the conterminous United States.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Wildfire Mitigation Activities in the Wildland-Urban Interface

Year of Publication
2015
Publication Type

We assessed wildfire mitigation activities in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) of New Mexico to identifywhich strategies are most effective. First, we modeledhow fuel treatments change wildfire behavior in 12 WUI areas.The second element of our analysis used data from over 2,000assessments of home wildfire hazard to better understand howthose hazards are distributed and change over time.

Learning to coexist with wildfire

Year of Publication
2014
Publication Type

The impacts of escalating wildfire in many regions — the lives and homes lost, the expense of suppression and the damage to ecosystem services — necessitate a more sustainable coexistence with wildfire. Climate change and continued development on fire-prone landscapes will only compound current problems.