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Rethinking cost-share programs in consideration of economic equity: A case study of wildfire risk mitigation assistance for private landowners
Year of Publication
2024
Publication Type
Public agencies and organizations often deliver financial assistance through cost sharing, in which recipients contribute some portion toward total costs. However, cost sharing might raise equity concerns if it reduces participation among populations with lower incomes.
Factors influencing wildfire management decisions after the 2009 US federal policy update
Year of Publication
2024
Publication Type
Background
The decision making process undertaken during wildfire responses is complex and prone to uncertainty.
Non-native plant invasion after fire in western USA varies by functional type and with climate
Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
Invasions by non-native plant species after fire can negatively affect important ecosystem services and lead to invasion-fire cycles that further degrade ecosystems. The relationship between fire and plant invasion is complex, and the risk of invasion varies greatly between functional types and across geographic scales.
MCDM-Based Wildfire Risk Assessment: A Case Study on the State of Arizona
Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
The increasing frequency of wildfires has posed significant challenges to communities worldwide. The effectiveness of all aspects of disaster management depends on a credible estimation of the prevailing risk.
Low-intensity fires mitigate the risk of high-intensity wildfires in California’s forests
Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
The increasing frequency of severe wildfires demands a shift in landscape management to mitigate their consequences. The role of managed, low-intensity fire as a driver of beneficial fuel treatment in fire-adapted ecosystems has drawn interest in both scientific and policy venues.
Social vulnerability of the people exposed to wildfires in U.S. West Coast states
Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
Understanding of the vulnerability of populations exposed to wildfires is limited. We used an index from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assess the social vulnerability of populations exposed to wildfire from 2000–2021 in California, Oregon, and Washington, which accounted for 90% of exposures in the western United States.
Climate change is narrowing and shifting prescribed fire windows in western United States
Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
Escalating wildfire activity in the western United States has accelerated adverse societal impacts. Observed increases in wildfire severity and impacts to communities have diverse anthropogenic causes—including the legacy of fire suppression policies, increased development in high-risk zones, and aridification by a warming climate.
Exploring and Testing Wildfire Risk Decision-Making in the Face of Deep Uncertainty
Year of Publication
2023
Publication Type
We integrated a mechanistic wildfire simulation system with an agent-based landscape change model to investigate the feedbacks among climate change, population growth, development, landowner decision-making, vegetative succession, and wildfire.