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The distributional incidence of wildfire hazard in the western United States

Environmental Research Letters, 2022
Increases in wildfire activity in the western United States in recent years have led to significant property loss in wildland-urban interface areas, raising difficult questions for policymakers regarding mitigation of wildfire damages and how mitigation ...
Matthew Wibbenmeyer, Molly Robertson
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Re-Envisioning Wildland Fire Governance: Addressing the Transboundary, Uncertain, and Contested Aspects of Wildfire

Fire, 2022
Wildfire is a complex problem because of the diverse mix of actors and landowners involved, uncertainty about outcomes and future conditions, and unavoidable trade-offs that require ongoing negotiation.
Brett Alan Miller, Laurie Yung, Carina Wyborn, Maureen Essen, Benjamin Gray, Daniel R. Williams   +5 more
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Mandatory TCFD Disclosure and Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence From UK Non‐Financial Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The escalating urgency of climate change has intensified calls for transparent corporate reporting on climate‐related risks and opportunities. This study examines the causal impact of the United Kingdom's mandatory Task Force on Climate‐Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework on the financial performance of non‐financial firms.
Prashant Gupta
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying opportunity hot spots for reducing the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in western US conifer forests

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
The escalating climate and wildfire crises have generated worldwide interest in using proactive forest management (e.g. forest thinning, prescribed fire, cultural burning) to mitigate the risk of wildfire-caused carbon loss in forests.
Jamie L Peeler, Lisa McCauley, Kerry L Metlen, Travis Woolley, Kimberley T Davis, Marcos D Robles, Ryan D Haugo, Karin L Riley, Philip E Higuera, Joseph E Fargione, Robert N Addington, Steven Bassett, Kori Blankenship, Michael J Case, Teresa B Chapman, Edward Smith, Randy Swaty, Nathan Welch   +17 more
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The link between perceived and actual wildfire danger: An economic and spatial analysis study in Colorado (USA) [PDF]

, 2007
Over the last 20 years, costs for wildfire initial attack in the U.S. have increased significantly. The increased cost relates to wildfire suppression practices as well as the growing number of wildland urban interface (WUI) homes.
Kaval, Pamela
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"Like wildfire" The east German rising of June 1953 [PDF]

, 2003
Before the archives of the East German state were opened in the early 1990s the rising of June 1953 had already been well documented, largely on the basis of eyewitness reports and the East German press.
Dale, G
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Toward an SDG‐Based Typology for US Nonprofits

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent an emerging institutional logic that nonprofits must navigate alongside existing sector‐specific frameworks. Drawing on institutional logics and organizational hybridity theories, we examine how nonprofits incorporate SDGs into their missions and what this reveals about managing institutional ...
Dominik S. Meier, Elizabeth Searing
wiley   +1 more source

Historical Fire Regimes and Their Differential Responses to Driving Climatic Factors Across Ecoregions in the United States: A Tree-Ring Fire-Scar Analysis

Fire
Fire is a key driver of ecosystem dynamics under global change, and understanding its complex relationship with the climate system is crucial for regional wildfire risk management and the development of ecological adaptation strategies.
Maowei Bai, Hao Zhang, Lamei Shi
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Wildfire risks under a changing climate: Synthesized assessments of wildfire risks over southwestern China

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Wildfire events in southwestern China resulted in catastrophic loss of property and human life, and the localized wildfire risks show differentiated trends under global warming scenarios.
Yuanxin Xu, Yuanxin Xu, Haiyan Guo, Haiyan Guo, Jia Liu, Jia Liu, Jia Liu, Rui Sun, Rui Sun, Xiaolan Li, Xiaolan Li   +10 more
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THE LARGE-SCALE WILDFIRE SPREAD PREDICTION USING A MULTI-KERNEL CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK [PDF]

, 2023
Mohammad Marjani, M. S. Mesgari
openalex   +1 more source