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Social Science at the WUI: A Compendium of Research Results to Create Fire-Adapted Communities

Year of Publication
2013
Publication Type

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 activities on private lands, fuels reduction treatments on public land, community impacts and resident behaviors during fire, acceptance of approaches to postfire restoration and recovery, and fire management policy and decisionmaking. As this research has matured, there has been a recognition of the need to examine the full body of resulting literature to synthesize disparate findings and identify lessons learned across studies. These lessons can then be applied to fostering fire-adapted communities—those communities that understand their risk and have taken action to mitigate their vulnerability and increase resilience.

Authors
E. Toman; M. Stidman; S. McCaffrey; B. Schindler
Citation

Toman E, Stidman M, McCaffrey S, Schindler B. Social Science at the WUI: A Compendium of Research Results to Create Fire-Adapted Communities. Newtown Square, PA: USDA Forest Service; 2013 p. 80. Available from: http://www.firescience.gov/projects/07-1-6-12/project/07-1-6-12_gtr_nrs…