Article
Environmental Studies
Avi Bar-Massada
Summary: The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) refers to the area where human settlements border or intermingle with undeveloped land, and mapping the WUI is essential for identifying areas-at-risk. Two main mapping methods, point-based and zonal-based, have different data requirements and produce varying maps. A study comparing these methods in California found that the point-based approach estimated a larger WUI area, and the spatial correspondence between maps was influenced by building numbers and arrangement. This suggests that WUI maps are not directly comparable and should serve different practical purposes.
Article
Environmental Studies
H. Anu Kramer, Van Butsic, Miranda H. Mockrin, Carlos Ramirez-Reyes, Patricia M. Alexandre, Volker C. Radeloff
Summary: The study found that rebuilding and new constructions in California after wildfires did not show adaptation to lower risk areas. Although rebuilding was common post-fire, long-term data revealed that new constructions either did not significantly change in risk level or increased over time.
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Hyejeong Park, Kihun Nam, Hyungduk Lim
Summary: Global climate change and unplanned urbanization have led to industrial encroachment on wildlands, resulting in increased wildfire risks and the potential for Natech accidents. This case study in South Korea demonstrates the importance of intensive risk and emergency management in protecting critical energy infrastructure from wildfires. The findings emphasize the need for integrated wildfire-specific Natech risk management that includes all stakeholders and enhances resilience in wildland-industrial and -urban interface areas.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Adelia N. Nunes, Albano Figueiredo, Carlos Pinto, Luciano Lourenco
Summary: In Portugal, the rapid growth in housing in and near wildland-urban interfaces (WUIs) increases the wildfire risk. The goal of the study was to assess wildfire hazard in the Central Region of Portugal and the contact areas of the 60,373 km of WUIs. The assessment was based on land use/land cover analysis, topography, and historical incidence of burnt area. The results show that wildfire hazard is high or very high in over half of the Central Region, but most WUIs are in contact with low or very low hazard classes.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Longzhong Shi, Bo Chen, Xuan Chen, Zhuo Chen
Summary: This article investigates the impact of wildfires on property values in the wildland-urban intermix (WUIM) and wildland-urban interface (WUIF) in Colorado. The study finds significant differences in the effects of wildfires on property values between WUIM and WUIF. Larger fires depreciate property values in WUIM, but increase property values in WUIF. Additionally, both small and large fires have a negative impact on property values in both WUIM and WUIF.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ruth C. Heindel, Sheila F. Murphy, Deborah A. Repert, Gregory A. Wetherbee, Alexander E. Liethen, David W. Clow, Toby A. Halamka
Summary: As human activities increasingly dominate the nitrogen cycle, ammonium deposition, one of the main components of nitrogen deposition, remains high in the Rocky Mountains, despite efforts to reduce emissions. Previous spatial models have underestimated the contribution of urban and agricultural emissions to ammonium deposition in adjacent ecosystems. Through field measurements, this study found elevated wet ammonium deposition in urban and foothill areas, and lower deposition in montane and subalpine regions. Ammonium accounted for the majority of nitrogen deposition, particularly in spring when air masses from the plains transport ammonium to the mountains. The results highlight the importance of considering urban and agricultural sources in nitrogen deposition models and suggest that fire-prone forested foothills receive even greater ammonium deposition than higher elevations, posing a risk to water supplies and ecosystems.
Article
Ecology
Kelsey Copes-Gerbitz, Sarah Dickson-Hoyle, Sarah L. Ravensbergen, Shannon M. Hagerman, Lori D. Daniels, Jemina Coutu
Summary: Wildfires in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) are increasingly threatening lives and livelihoods. However, diverse individual and social-political factors influence engagement with proactive management approaches, leading to many unprepared communities. A study conducted in British Columbia (BC), Canada, revealed that communities vary in their level of engagement with proactive wildfire management. Social-political barriers related to financial and social capacity primarily limit engagement, especially for First Nations communities.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Sandra Vaiciulyte, Alejandro Rivero-Villar, Louise Guibrunet
Summary: As natural hazards become more intense and frequent, wildfires in wildland-urban interface/intermix (WUI) pose a significant risk to both ecology and human populations. However, there is limited research on WUI wildfires in Mexico, despite the increase in wildfire risk. This study aims to assess the risk of WUI wildfires to populations in Mexico by analyzing official datasets, documentation, and media news sources. The findings suggest that a substantial portion of the WUI territory in Mexico is at risk, emphasizing the need for preparedness, risk mitigation, and fire recovery mechanisms.
Review
Environmental Sciences
M. J. Paul, S. D. LeDuc, M. G. Lassiter, L. C. Moorhead, P. D. Noyes, S. G. Leibowitz
Summary: Wildfires have increased in frequency and have significant impacts on water quality, including physical, chemical, and biological changes. These effects typically last less than 5 years, but can extend up to 15 years or more in certain cases. Studies on pollutants mobilized from wildfires in urban areas are limited.
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Alan A. Ager, Cody R. Evers, Michelle A. Day, Fermin J. Alcasena, Rachel Houtman
Summary: The study modeled an accelerated forest and fuel management scenario for 76 western US national forests, targeting wildfire exposure to developed areas. The research found that over 20% of simulated fires overlapped with fuel treatments once fully implemented, and approximately 20% of projects were burned prior to implementation.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Hugh Walpole, Sarah McCaffrey, Claire Rapp, Robyn Wilson
Summary: This study explored the impact of different methods of calculating the quantity of vegetation management on the effects of demographics and contextual factors on wildfire preparedness. Findings suggest that measuring vegetation management as a sum of activities can obscure important relationships, recommending the use of proportional measures instead.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
Salman Ahmad, Hafiz Usman Ahmed, Asad Ali, Xinyi Yang, Ying Huang, Mingwei Guo, Yihao Ren, Pan Lu
Summary: This study investigates the driving behavior patterns of individuals during historical wildfire events and reveals the influence of driving conditions and wildfires on driving behavior, as well as the differences in driving behavior patterns between rural and urban areas.
FIRE SAFETY JOURNAL
(2024)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Shahab Mohammad Beyki, Aldina Santiago, Luis Laim, Helder D. Craveiro
Summary: Wildfires have become a growing threat to people's lives and assets, particularly in communities near wildlands or wildland-urban interfaces (WUI). In order to ensure a safe evacuation during wildfires, it is necessary to understand human behavior, evacuation modeling, and traffic simulations. This paper reviews past and recent research on evacuation, human behavior in wildfires, evacuation modeling, and traffic simulation, highlighting the gaps and challenges in obtaining an effective evacuation model.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Forestry
S. L. Wilkinson, A. K. Furukawa, B. M. Wotton, J. M. Waddington
Summary: Treed peatlands in the Boreal Plains of Alberta, Canada exhibit varying degrees of smouldering potential, with areas closer to roads having a higher potential. The study suggests incorporating peatland-wildfire interactions into wildfire management operations and using similar frameworks in other peatland dominated regions for smouldering fire risk assessments.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Bettina S. Spernbauer, Christopher Monz, Ashley D'Antonio, Jordan W. Smith
Summary: Recreation resource managers in parks and protected areas near urban populations face challenges of high visitation levels and severe resource impacts. Little research has been done on informal trails in these areas compared to remote areas and formal trails. Informal trail networks near urban areas are extensive and are influenced by similar factors as formal trails. Management implications focus on concentrating use and minimizing environmental impacts.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Travis B. Paveglio, Cassandra Moseley, Matthew S. Carroll, Daniel R. Williams, Emily Jane Davis, A. Paige Fischer
Article
Ecology
Daniel J. Murphy, Laurie Yung, Carina Wyborn, Daniel R. Williams
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2017)
Article
Ecology
Daniel R. Williams
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2014)
Article
Forestry
Evora Glenn, Laurie Yung, Carina Wyborn, Daniel R. Williams
Summary: This study examines seven co-produced wildland fire projects associated with the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station (RMRS) and provides insights into how organizational structures and cultures influence the co-production of fire science. To institutionalize co-production, research organizations like RMRS can adjust the way they incentivize and evaluate researchers, increase investment in science delivery and personnel, and provide long-term funding to support collaborations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Laurie Yung, Benjamin J. Gray, Carina Wyborn, Brett Alan Miller, Daniel R. Williams, Maureen Essen
Summary: This study examines different frameworks for addressing the barriers to scaling up wildfire mitigation in the USA. It identifies three framings that prioritize different solutions or investments, including increasing resources, improving agency-agency partnerships, and engaging the public. Investing in collaborative capacity can enable agencies to speed up the pace and scale of mitigation work.
Article
Development Studies
Daniel J. Murphy, Laurie Yung, Courtney Schultz, Brett Alan Miller, Carina Wyborn, Daniel R. Williams
Summary: As climate change poses challenges to traditional decision-making, natural resource management agencies are turning to nontraditional methods like 'futuring.' This article explores the limited uptake of these methods in the US and identifies potential benefits and barriers. Streamlining and mainstreaming are suggested as pathways to integrate scenario processes into decision-making.
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Brett Alan Miller, Laurie Yung, Carina Wyborn, Maureen Essen, Benjamin Gray, Daniel R. Williams
Summary: Wildfire is a complex problem involving various actors and landowners, and is influenced by uncertainty and unavoidable trade-offs. Addressing this problem requires governance approaches that fit the nature of wildfire, considering power, authority, and capacity distribution. Additionally, anticipatory governance is necessary to integrate uncertainty into decision-making and manage risk. Lastly, risk governance is important to navigate trade-offs and build legitimacy for actions addressing wildfire risk.
Review
Ecology
Kevin S. McKelvey, William M. Block, Theresa B. Jain, Charles H. Luce, Deborah S. Page-Dumroese, Bryce A. Richardson, Victoria A. Saab, Anna W. Schoettle, Carolyn H. Sieg, Daniel R. Williams
Summary: Wildland research, management, and policy in western democracies have long relied on concepts of equilibrium, which are now being challenged by factors such as climate change, introduction of exotic species, and anthropogenic land conversion. In the face of increasing system novelty, there is a need for a more inclusive paradigm of collaborative governance and multiple forms of knowledge to adapt to constant change.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2021)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Odd Inge Vistad, Hogne Oian, Daniel R. Williams, Patricia Stokowski
JOURNAL OF OUTDOOR RECREATION AND TOURISM-RESEARCH PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
(2020)
Article
Environmental Studies
Patrick Devine-Wright, Lais Pinto de Carvalho, Andres Di Masso, Maria Lewicka, Lynne Manzo, Daniel R. Williams
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Environmental Studies
Catrin M. Edgeley, Travis B. Paveglio, Daniel R. Williams
Article
Environmental Studies
Andres Di Masso, Daniel R. Williams, Christopher M. Raymond, Matthias Buchecker, Barbara Degenhardt, Patrick Devine-Wright, Alice Hertzog, Maria Lewicka, Lynne Manzo, Azadeh Shahrad, Richard Stedman, Laura Verbrugge, Timo von Wirth
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Geography
Vegard Gundersen, Bjorn Petter Kaltenborn, Daniel R. Williams
NORSK GEOGRAFISK TIDSSKRIFT-NORWEGIAN JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY
(2016)
Article
Anthropology
Daniel Murphy, Carina Wyborn, Laurie Yung, Daniel R. Williams, Cory Cleveland, Lisa Eby, Solomon Dobrowski, Erin Towler
HUMAN ORGANIZATION
(2016)
Article
Development Studies
Soren M. Newman, Matthew S. Carroll, Pamela J. Jakes, Daniel R. Williams, Lorie L. Higgins
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
(2014)
