WUI risk assessment at the landscape level

Dave E. Calkin; Owen Price; Michele Salis

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-52090-2_97

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WUI risk assessment at the landscape level

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Authors:

Dave E. Calkin, Owen Price, Michele Salis

Year:

2019

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52090-2_97

Source:

In: Manzello, Samuel L., ed. Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires. Springer, Cham. P. 1184-1195.

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Abstract

Wildland-urban interface (WUI) risk assessment is about how wildfires and human communities interact at the landscape level. By spatially mapping factors that influence the likelihood and intensity of wildfires burning into communities, more effective mitigation and response strategies may be implemented.

Keywords

WUI, risk analysis, risk mapping, risk modelling, landscape

Citation

Calkin, David; Price, Owen; Salis, Michele. 2019. WUI risk assessment at the landscape level. In: Manzello, Samuel L., ed. Encyclopedia of Wildfires and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires. Springer, Cham. P. 1184-1195.