Wildfire risk and insurance: research directions for policy scientists

Auer, Matthew R.

doi:10.1007/s11077-024-09528-7

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“…Optimising local level adaptive institutions requires to better understand risk perception, interests, needs and concerns of communities, and to explore public expectations towards wildfire strategies (Michaelidou and Decker 2003;Gordon et al 2010). Gaps in knowledge also persist in how insurance, incentives and legislation currently support or hinder the implementation of measures at local levels (North et al 2015;Auer 2024)…”

Section: Cyprus and Wildfire Impact At Community Levels: Local Level ...mentioning

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Uncharted territory: governance opportunities for wildfire management and the case of Cyprus

Kirschner,

Steelman,

Charalambidou

et al. 2024

Int. J. Wildland Fire

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Global environmental and social change are pushing wildfire activity and impact beyond known trajectories. Here, we conducted a targeted review to distill five wildfire challenges that we argue form opportunities for their governance (research aim 1). We exemplified our arguments by drawing from the case of Cyprus (research aim 2), a small island country in the south-east European Mediterranean Basin at risk of extreme wildfire impact. Findings indicate that burning for social and ecological resource benefits, innovative management paradigms and anticipatory governance systems offer actionable solutions to the wildfire paradox and the limits of suppression. Local adaptive institutions and a reconceptualisation of wildfire as a risk and process beyond technocratic interpretations are necessary to account for broader social conditions shaping wildfire regimes and community impact. Governance systems that accommodate collective action have proven suitable to address multiple wildfire complexities linked with different socio-economic systems and values. A systematic literature review, policy review, and qualitative data collection on wildfire management in Cyprus track back to the initial framing. Our case study offers insights for tackling wildfires with actionable steps through overarching governance systems, and illustrates the potential for change in thinking of and acting on wildfire in flammable landscapes globally.

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Section: Cyprus and Wildfire Impact At Community Levels: Local Level ...mentioning

confidence: 99%