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Housing and Economic Recovery as Interdependent Pathways in the Wake of Wildfires

Year of Publication
2025
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Highlights

  • Introduced an integrated housing-economic recovery framework that links post-wildfire housing stability to local employment conditions and economic diversity.
  • Demonstrated how traditional vulnerability tools like SoVI overlook hidden and dynamic vulnerabilities, especially among renters, seasonal workers, and undocumented residents.
  • Employed a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative data (DINS, assessor records, LODES, CDC SoVI) with qualitative interviews and spatial analysis to track recovery in Paradise and Santa Rosa.
  • Found a marked rise in absentee homeownership post-fire, particularly in the Town of Paradise, which undermined local recovery and community cohesion.
  • Identified the importance of economic revitalization in sustaining population return.

 

Authors
Nicole Lambrou, Crystal Kolden, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Xijing Li
Citation

Nicole Lambrou, Crystal Kolden, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, Xijing Li, Housing and Economic Recovery as Interdependent Pathways in the Wake of Wildfires. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 2025, 105820, ISSN 2212-4209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105820.
 

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