Land-use planning may reduce fire damage in the urban-wildland intermix

Carol L. Rice; James B. Davis

doi:10.2737/PSW-GTR-127

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Land-use planning may reduce fire damage in the urban-wildland intermix

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Carol L. Rice, James B. Davis

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PSW-GTR-127

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-127. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 13 p

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Abstract

The risk of wildfire associated with development in the urban-wildland intermix is nationwide. To wildland fire agencies, providing fire protection for wildland residential development can be an exercise in frustration. Much of the problem is that few convincing ties have been made between community planning and wildfire. For three counties in California, the following were investigated in each: fire damage due to a recent wildfire, general plans, local planning regulations, and the real estate development process.

Keywords

Wildland-urban intermix, fire prevention, land-use planning, land development, California

Citation

Rice, Carol L.; Davis, James B. 1991. Land-use planning may reduce fire damage in the urban-wildland intermix. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-GTR-127. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 13 p