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Social and Community Impacts of Fire

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

Year of Publication
2025
Publication Type

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.

A horizon scan to inform research priorities on post-wildfire forest restoration and recovery in the western United States

Year of Publication
2025
Publication Type

The frequency, severity, and scale of extreme wildfire events is increasing globally, with certain regions such as the western United States disproportionately impacted. As attention shifts toward understanding how to adapt to and recover from extreme wildfire, there is a need to prioritize where additional research and evidence are needed to inform decision-making.

Documenting non-governmental organization (NGO) participation and collaboration during community recovery from wildfire

Year of Publication
2025
Publication Type

Existing research indicates that NGOs can serve important roles during recovery from wildfires and other hazard events. Yet less work explores the specific, place-based conditions that influence NGO participation in the recovery process, or the specific tactics they might use when facilitating the transfer of knowledge and resources that meet emergent recovery needs.

Unpacking the pluralism paradox: collaborative governance outcomes in jurisdictionally complex environments

Year of Publication
2025
Publication Type

Background: In collaborative governance, many of the factors that give rise to the need for collaboration are also identified by scholars as undermining its effectiveness. Complex task environments mean that multiple and varied interests are necessary to address problems, but this inherent pluralism may also increase conflict. This suggests a pluralism paradox.