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Factors Associated with Structure Loss in the 2013–2018 California Wildfires

Year of Publication

2019

Publication Type

Tens of thousands of structures and hundreds of human lives have been lost in recent fire events throughout California. Given the potential for these types of wildfires to continue, the need to understand why and how structures are being destroyed has taken on a new level of urgency.

Jurisdictional decision-making about building codes for resiliency and sustainability post-fire

Publication Type

Journal Article

The increasing frequency and size of wildfires across the U.S. motivates the growing need to identify how affected communities can rebuild sustainably and resiliently. This study examines the jurisdictional decision-making process surrounding one important class of sustainability and resiliency decisions, focusing on energy and wildfire building codes for housing reconstruction.

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