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Wildfire imagery reduces risk information-seeking among homeowners as property wildfire risk increases. [PDF]
Commun Earth Environ, 2022 AbstractNegative imagery of destruction may induce or inhibit action to reduce risks from climate-exacerbated hazards, such as wildfires. This has generated conflicting assumptions among experts who communicate with homeowners: half of surveyed wildfire practitioners perceive a lack of expert agreement about the effect of negative imagery (a burning ...
Byerly Flint H +3 more
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Wildfire Risk Assessment of Transmission-Line Corridors Based on Naïve Bayes Network and Remote Sensing Data [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 Considering the complexity of the physical model of wildfire occurrence, this paper develops a method to evaluate the wildfire risk of transmission-line corridors based on Naïve Bayes Network (NBN).
Weijie Chen +5 more
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Facing the Wildfire Spread Risk Challenge: Where Are We Now and Where Are We Going?
Fire, 2023 Wildfire is a sudden and highly destructive natural disaster that poses significant challenges in terms of response and rescue efforts. Influenced by factors such as climate, combustible materials, and ignition sources, wildfires have been increasingly ...
Jingjing Sun +4 more
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Coupling the Biophysical and Social Dimensions of Wildfire Risk to Improve Wildfire Mitigation Planning [PDF]
Risk Analysis, 2015 We describe recent advances in biophysical and social aspects of risk and their potential combined contribution to improve mitigation planning on fire‐prone landscapes. The methods and tools provide an improved method for defining the spatial extent of wildfire risk to communities compared to current planning processes.
Alan Ager, A P Fischer
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Wildfires in the Chornobyl exclusion zone—Risks and consequences [PDF]
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2021 Abstract Following the 1986 Chornobyl accident, an area approaching 5000 km2 surrounding the nuclear plant was abandoned, creating the Chornobyl exclusion zone (CEZ). Although this area likely contains the most radioactive terrestrial ecosystem on earth, the absence of humans and associated activities for nearly 35 years since the ...
Beresford, NA +8 more
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Fire, 2021 Wildfires continue to destroy houses, but an understanding of the complex mix of risk factors remains elusive. These factors comprise six themes: preparedness actions (including defensible space), response actions (including defence), house construction,
Owen F. Price +3 more
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Health costs of wildfire smoke to rise under climate change
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2023 The global health burden from wildfire smoke is expected to worsen under climate change, yet we lack quantitative estimates of the economic costs of increased mortality and hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions.
Hamish Clarke +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 There is an imperative for fire agencies to quantify the potential for prescribed burning to mitigate risk to life, property and environmental values while facing changing climates.
Hamish Clarke +5 more
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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 +5 more
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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 +17 more
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