Planning for Wildfire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Resource Guide for Idaho Communities

Miller, Stephen R.; Wuerzer, Thomas; Vos, Jaap; Lindquist, Eric; Mowery, Molly; Holfeltz, Tyre; Stephens, B.; Grad, Alexander

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2845046

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“…Point-based maps also have additional benefits because they offer a nationally-consistent approach that can be scaled up and summarized at multiple scales (e.g., counties, firesheds, states, regions) [30,54,55]. Their improved spatial resolution relative to census blocks allows for improved estimates of community wildfire exposure, helps to refine estimates of values at risk, and can inform local fire planning and response strategies, as well as regional land management budget allocations tied to building exposure [20,[55][56][57].…”

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Building Loss in WUI Disasters: Evaluating the Core Components of the Wildland–Urban Interface Definition

Caggiano

Hawbaker

Gannon

et al. 2020

Fire

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Accurate maps of the wildland–urban interface (WUI) are critical for the development of effective land management policies, conducting risk assessments, and the mitigation of wildfire risk. Most WUI maps identify areas at risk from wildfire by overlaying coarse-scale housing data with land cover or vegetation data. However, it is unclear how well the current WUI mapping methods capture the patterns of building loss. We quantified the building loss in WUI disasters, and then compared how well census-based and point-based WUI maps captured the building loss. We examined the building loss in both WUI and non-WUI land-use types, and in relation to the core components of the United States Federal Register WUI definition: housing density, vegetation cover, and proximity to large patches of wildland vegetation. We used building location data from 70 large fires in the conterminous United States, which cumulatively destroyed 54,000 buildings from 2000 through to 2018. We found that: (1) 86% and 97% of the building loss occurred in areas designated as WUI using the census-based and point-based methods, respectively; (2) 95% and 100% of all of the losses occurred within 100 m and 850 m of wildland vegetation, respectively; and (3) WUI components were the most predictive of building loss when measured at fine scales.

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confidence: 99%

Building Loss in WUI Disasters: Evaluating the Core Components of the Wildland–Urban Interface Definition

Caggiano

Hawbaker

Gannon

et al. 2020

Fire

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“…In a rural and wildland-urban interface (WUI) context, local response to wildfire risk is currently reactive and inefficient, with residents relying on federal agencies for fire suppression (Prince 2022). Wildfire and disaster planning can be improved by including local communities through informal governance structures and by engaging local government agencies responsible to regulate development (Miller 2017;Miller et al 2018). A legislative directive or statute on WUI development is also needed because the risk exposure for fire service crews and equipment in mixed forest and structural conflagrations is above acceptable limits (Burton 2018).…”

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Governing wildfires: toward a systematic analytical framework

Kirschner¹,

Clark²,

Boustras³

2023

E&S

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Despite recent research, a systematic approach to understanding wildfire governance is lacking. This article addresses this deficit by systematically reviewing governance theories and concepts applied so far in the academic literature on wildfires as a step toward achieving their more effective and holistic management. We engage our findings with the wider governance literature to unlock new thinking on wildfires as a process and outcome. This comparative approach enables us to propose a novel framework for analyzing wildfire governance based on four pillars: (1) actor participation in decision-making and decision taking; (2) actor collaboration and coproduction across and within levels, scales, and networks; (3) path dependencies and local place-based dynamics of wildfire incidence and comprehension; and (4) actor adaptation to and anticipation of wildfire risk to fashion effective institutions that address the global wildfire challenge. We show how this framework can help specify a suite of bespoke analytical and policy practitioner approaches to facilitate preemptive and restorative wildfire strategies via new networks between communities, states, and wider society, thus providing the basis for more equitable and sustainable governance of wildfire risks and impacts.

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“…MCA explicitly considers multiple, possibly conflicting objectives and encourages the involvement of stakeholders. Qualitative frameworks for MCA have been introduced for seismic resilience projects (Azadi et al, 2019), urban flood planning (Alves et al, 2018), wildfire planning (Miller, 2017), sustainable land use (Li et al, 2019), and climate mitigation and development (Cohen et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe

Helgeson¹,

Zhang²

2020

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This report introduces features of the Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) Online Tool V 1.0 and presents a fictitious case study of wildfire planning in the wildland-urban interface (WUI) based on publicly available real-world data. The case study highlights the competing interests of two neighboring communities by evaluating the same project alternatives from the point of view of each community. The WUI case study also demonstrates the importance of considering co-benefits and approaches to incorporating nonmarket valuation. The report presents a walkthrough of EDGe$ Online and closes with a discussion of implications from the presented case study and potential future research.

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Planning for Wildfire in the Wildland-Urban Interface: A Resource Guide for Idaho Communities

Cited by 10 publications

References 3 publications

Building Loss in WUI Disasters: Evaluating the Core Components of the Wildland–Urban Interface Definition

Building Loss in WUI Disasters: Evaluating the Core Components of the Wildland–Urban Interface Definition

Governing wildfires: toward a systematic analytical framework

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