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Worldviews more than experience predict Californians’ support for wildfire risk mitigation policies

Environmental Research Letters
California must adapt to increasing wildfire activity concurrent with climate change and expanding housing development in fire-prone areas. Recent decades have seen record-breaking fire activity, economic costs, and human health impacts.
Alexander A Howe, Erika M Blomdahl, Ellie Smith-Eskridge, Dakoeta R Pinto, Mark W Brunson, Peter D Howe, Nancy J Huntly, Sarah C Klain   +7 more
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BC Wildfire Risk Prediciton Time-Series Dataset: 2002–2023 [PDF]

ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
Wildfires are longstanding natural phenomena with significant impacts on ecosystems and communities. In recent years, Canada has experienced particularly severe wildfire effects, especially in British Columbia (BC), which has endured prolonged and ...
Z. Xu, L. Wang, Y. Zhu, W. Sun, L. L. Xu
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Estimating Private Incentives for Wildfire Risk Mitigation: Determinants of Demands for Different Fire-Safe Actions [PDF]

In this article we develop a general conceptual model of a property-owner’s decision to implement actions to protect his property against wildfire threat.
Kobayashi, Mimako, Rollins, Kimberly S., Zirogiannis, Nikolaos, Evans, M.D.R.   +3 more
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Air pollution exposure during training impairs performance in Thoroughbred racehorses

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Ambient air pollution contributes substantially to human morbidity and mortality, and athletes are recognised as a particularly vulnerable group. However, little is known about the impact of air pollution on equine athletes. Objectives To explore the relationship between air pollution exposure during the pre‐competition training ...
Danielle Scott, Kathryn Seabaugh, Linda Kim, Sheryl Magzamen, Colleen Duncan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing wildfire risk probability models for Eucalyptus globulus stands in Portugal

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry, 2013
This paper presents a model to predict annual wildfire risk in pure and even-aged eucalypt stands in Portugal. Emphasis was in developing a management-oriented model, i.e., a model that might both: (a) help assess wildfire occurrence probability as a ...
Botequim B, Garcia-Gonzalo J, Marques S, Ricardo A, Borges JG, Tomé M, Oliveira MM   +6 more
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Optimal wildfire insurance in the wildland-urban interface in the presence of a government subsidy for fire risk mitigation [PDF]

We investigate the effectiveness of a government subsidy and mitigation based insurance contracts at discouraging migration into the wildland interface and at inducing incentives for risk mitigation.
Mariam Lankoande, Jonathan Yoder, Philip Wandschneider   +2 more
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Defining the importance of mental preparedness for risk communication and residents well-prepared for wildfire [PDF]

, 2013
Building on a recognised information-to-action gap in wildfire risk communication, this paper examines what being physically and mentally ‘well prepared’ actually means to wildfire agency staff and volunteers in charge of disseminating risk information ...
Eriksen, Christine, Prior, Timothy
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Wildfire Emissions From European Boreal Fuels: Effects of Fuel Type and Moisture Content

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing severity of wildfires poses significant challenges through the release of greenhouse gases and other harmful gases and particles. Although field measurements exist, there is a lack of systematic data collection to understand the influence of moisture content on the particle and gas emissions of boreal fuels, particularly for ...
Robert Svensson, Evalyne Arinaitwe, Frida Vermina Plathner, Johan Sjöström, Paul Otxoterena, Anna Sandinge, Per Blomqvist, Margaret McNamee   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Willingness-to-Pay for prescribed fire in the Colorado (USA) Wildland Urban Interface [PDF]

, 2006
During the summer of 2001, survey data were collected from Colorado residents living near public lands (i.e., the wildland urban interface). Data were collected by telephone after mailing respondents a survey.
Seidl, Andrew, Kaval, Pamela, Loomis, John   +2 more
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Study of Damage to Shutters Exposed to a Vegetation Fire: Definition of Vulnerability Thresholds

Fire and Materials, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the fire behavior of wooden, PVC, and aluminum shutters through laboratory and large‐scale experiments. Laboratory tests were conducted using a cone calorimeter to assess the ignitability of the PVC and wooden shutters, focusing on the critical heat flux of ignition, ignition time and critical Flux Time Product (FTP ...
C. Luciani, V. Tihay‐Felicelli, F. Morandini, A. Pieri, P. A. Santoni, T. Barboni   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source