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Abstract
Wildfire risk mitigation research has focused on either its biophysical or social components, with few studies attempting to integrate both. Studies that have coupled social and biophysical systems have not considered the source of fire risk (Cutter et al. 2003; Davies et al. 2018; Oliveira et al. 2017; Parisien et al. 2016; Rappold et al. 2017; Wigtil et al. 2016), or were applied at limited geographic scale (Fischer et al. 2014; Olsen et al. 2017) leaving a gap in our knowledge about how and where biophysical fire risk is transmitted and affects populations. Vulnerable populations, in terms of economic abilities, social structure and evacuation capabilities have lower capacity to protect their property, with limited access to public and private recovery assets (Peacock and Ragsdale 1997). Identification of these populations is critical for allocating official aid to minimize the loss of lives and property to wildfire.
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Keywords
wildland fire,
prescribed fire,
planning,
response,
recovery,
wildland urban interface,
disturbance,
ecology,
behavior,
diversity,
fire effects,
fuels and fuels management,
air quality,
smoke management
Citation
Palaiologou, Palaiologos; Ager, Alan A.; Evers, Cody; Nielsen-Pincus, Max; Day, Michelle. 2020. Demographic analysis of transboundary wildfire exposure in the Western U.S. In: Hood, Sharon M.; Drury, Stacy; Steelman, Toddi; Steffens, Ron, [eds.]. Proceedings of the Fire Continuum-Preparing for the future of wildland fire; 2018 May 21-24; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-78. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 312-317.
